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Judges 16:21-25

21But thePhilistinesפְלִשְׁתִּ֔יםfe.lish.TimH6430tookוַיֹּאחֲז֣וּהוּvai.yo.cha.Zu.huH270him, and putoutוַֽיְנַקְּר֖וּvay.na.ke.RuH5365hiseyesעֵינָ֑יו'ei.NavH5869, and brought himdownוַיּוֹרִ֨ידוּvai.yo.Ri.duH3381toGazaעַזָּ֗תָה'a.Za.tahH5804, andboundוַיַּאַסְר֙וּהוּ֙vai.ya.'as.Ru.huH631him with fetters ofbrassבַּֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִםban.chush.Ta.yimH5178; and he didgrindטוֹחֵ֖ןto.ChenH2912in theprisonהָאֲסוּרִֽים׃ha.'a.si.rimH631houseבְּבֵ֥יתbe.VeitH1004.

22However thehairשְׂעַר־se.'ar-H8181of hisheadרֹאשׁ֛וֹro.ShoH7218beganוַיָּ֧חֶלvai.Ya.chelH2490to growagainלְצַמֵּ֖חַle.tza.Me.achH6779afterכַּאֲשֶׁ֥רka.'a.SherH834he wasshavedגֻּלָּֽח׃ פgu.LachH1548.

23Then thelordsוְסַרְנֵ֣יve.sar.NeiH5633of thePhilistinesפְלִשְׁתִּ֗יםfe.lish.TimH6430gathered themtogetherנֶֽאֱסְפוּ֙ne.'es.FuH622toofferלִזְבֹּ֧חַliz.Bo.achH2076agreatגָּד֛וֹלga.DolH1419sacrificeזֶֽבַח־ze.vach-H2077toDagonלְדָג֥וֹןle.da.GonH1712theirgodאֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430, and torejoiceוּלְשִׂמְחָ֑הu.le.sim.ChahH8057: for theysaidוַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּvai.Yo.me.RuH559, Ourgodאֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙'e.lo.Hei.nuH430hathdeliveredנָתַ֤ןna.TanH5414Samsonשִׁמְשׁ֥וֹןshim.ShonH8123ourenemyאוֹיְבֵֽינוּ׃'oy.Vei.nuH341into ourhandבְּיָדֵ֔נוּbe.ya.De.nuH3027.

24And when thepeopleהָעָ֔םha.'AmH5971sawוַיִּרְא֤וּvai.yir.'UH7200him, theypraisedוַֽיְהַלְל֖וּvay.ha.LuH1984theirgodאֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם'e.lo.hei.HemH430: for theysaidאָמְר֗וּ'a.me.RuH559, Ourgodאֱלֹהֵ֤ינוּ'e.lo.Hei.nuH430hathdeliveredנָתַ֨ןna.TanH5414into ourhandsבְיָדֵ֙נוּ֙ve.ya.De.nuH3027ourenemyא֣וֹיְבֵ֔נוּ'oy.Ve.nuH341, and thedestroyerמַחֲרִ֣יבma.cha.RivH2717of ourcountryאַרְצֵ֔נוּ'ar.Tze.nuH776, whoslewחֲלָלֵֽינוּ׃cha.la.Lei.nuH2491manyהִרְבָּ֖הhir.BahH7235of us.

25And it came to pass, when theirheartsלִבָּ֔םli.BamH3820weremerryH2896, that theysaidוַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּvai.Yo.me.RuH559,Callקִרְא֥וּkir.'UH7121forSamsonלְשִׁמְשׁ֖וֹןle.shim.ShonH8123, that he may make ussportוִישַֽׂחֶק־vi.sa.chek-H7832. And theycalledוַיִּקְרְא֨וּvai.yik.re.'UH7121forSamsonלְשִׁמְשׁ֜וֹןle.shim.ShonH8123out of theprisonהָאֲסוּרִ֗יםha.'a.si.rimH631houseמִבֵּ֣יתmi.BeitH1004; and he madethemלִפְנֵיהֶ֔םlif.nei.HemH6440sportוַיְצַחֵק֙vay.tza.ChekH6711: and theysetוַיַּעֲמִ֥ידוּvai.ya.'a.Mi.duH5975him between thepillarsהָעַמּוּדִֽים׃ha.'a.mu.DimH5982.

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