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Judges 15:8-13

8And hesmoteוַיַּ֨ךְvai.YakhH5221themhipשׁ֛וֹקShokH7785andעַל־'al-H5921thighיָרֵ֖ךְya.RekhH3409with agreatגְדוֹלָ֑הge.do.LahH1419slaughterמַכָּ֣הma.KahH4347: and he wentdownוַיֵּ֣רֶדvai.Ye.redH3381anddweltוַיֵּ֔שֶׁבvai.Ye.shevH3427in thetopבִּסְעִ֖יףbis.'IfH5585of therockסֶ֥לַעSe.la'H5553Etamעֵיטָֽם׃ ס'ei.TamH5862.

9Then thePhilistinesפְלִשְׁתִּ֔יםfe.lish.TimH6430wentupוַיַּעֲל֣וּvai.ya.'a.LuH5927, andencampedוַֽיַּחֲנ֖וּvai.ya.cha.NuH2583inJudahבִּיהוּדָ֑הbi.hu.DahH3063, andspreadוַיִּנָּטְשׁ֖וּvai.yi.na.te.ShuH5203themselves inLehiבַּלֶּֽחִי׃ba.Le.chiH3896.

10And themenאִ֣ישׁ'ishH376ofJudahיְהוּדָ֔הye.hu.DahH3063saidוַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙vai.yo.me.RuH559, Why have ye comeupעֲלִיתֶ֣ם'a.li.TemH5927against us? And theyansweredוַיֹּאמְר֗וּvai.yo.me.RuH559, We havecomeעָלִ֔ינוּ'a.Li.nuH5927tobindלֶאֱס֤וֹרle.'e.SorH631Samsonשִׁמְשׁוֹן֙shim.shOnH8123, todoלַעֲשׂ֣וֹתla.'a.SotH6213to him as he hathdoneעָ֥שָׂה'A.sahH6213to us.

11Thenthreeשְׁלֹשֶׁת֩she.lo.ShetH7969thousandאֲלָפִ֨ים'a.la.FimH505menאִ֜ישׁ'ishH376ofJudahמִֽיהוּדָ֗הmi.hu.DahH3063wentוַיֵּרְד֡וּvai.ye.re.DuH3381to thetopסְעִיף֮se.'IfH5585of therockסֶ֣לַעSe.la'H5553Etamעֵיטָם֒'ei.TamH5862, andsaidוַיֹּאמְר֣וּvai.yo.me.RuH559toSamsonלְשִׁמְשׁ֗וֹןle.shim.ShonH8123,Knowestיָדַ֙עְתָּ֙ya.Da'.taH3045thou not that thePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֔יםpe.lish.TimH6430arerulersמֹשְׁלִ֥יםmo.she.LimH4910over us? what is this that thou hastdoneעָשִׂ֣יתָ'a.Si.taH6213to us? And hesaidוַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to them, As theydidעָ֣שׂוּ'A.suH6213to me, so have Idoneעָשִׂ֥יתִי'a.Si.tiH6213to them.

12And theysaidוַיֹּ֤אמְרוּvai.Yo.me.ruH559to him, We have comedownיָרַ֔דְנוּya.Rad.nuH3381tobindלֶאֱסָרְךָ֣le.'e.sa.re.KhaH631thee, that we maydeliverלְתִתְּךָ֖le.ti.te.KhaH5414thee into thehandבְּיַד־be.yad-H3027of thePhilistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּ֑יםpe.lish.TimH6430. AndSamsonשִׁמְשׁ֔וֹןshim.ShonH8123saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559to them,Swearהִשָּׁבְע֣וּhi.sha.ve.'UH7650to me, that ye will not falluponתִּפְגְּע֥וּןtif.ge.'UnH6293me yourselves.

13And theyspokeוַיֹּ֧אמְרוּvai.Yo.me.ruH559to him,sayingלֵאמֹ֗רle.MorH559, No; but we willbindאָסֹ֤ר'a.SorH631theesecurelyנֶֽאֱסָרְךָ֙ne.'e.sa.re.KhaH631, anddeliverוּנְתַנּ֣וּךָu.ne.ta.Nu.khaH5414thee into theirhandבְיָדָ֔םve.ya.DamH3027: butsurelyוְהָמֵ֖תve.ha.MetH4191we will notkillנְמִיתֶ֑ךָne.mi.Te.khaH4191thee. And theyboundוַיַּאַסְרֻ֗הוּvai.ya.'as.Ru.huH631him withtwoבִּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙bish.Na.yimH8147newחֲדָשִׁ֔יםcha.da.ShimH2319cordsעֲבֹתִ֣ים'a.vo.TimH5688, and brought himupוַֽיַּעֲל֖וּהוּvai.ya.'a.Lu.huH5927from therockהַסָּֽלַע׃ha.Sa.la'H5553.

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