< Judges 14 >

1 And Samson goes down to Timnath, and sees a woman in Timnath of the daughters of the Philistines,
and to go down Samson Timnah [to] and to see: see woman in/on/with Timnah [to] from daughter Philistine
2 and comes up and declares [it] to his father and to his mother, and says, “I have seen a woman in Timnath, of the daughters of the Philistines; and now, take her for me for a wife.”
and to ascend: rise and to tell to/for father his and to/for mother his and to say woman to see: see in/on/with Timnah [to] from daughter Philistine and now to take: take [obj] her to/for me to/for woman: wife
3 And his father says to him—also his mother, “Is there no woman among the daughters of your brothers, and among all my people, that you are going to take a woman from the uncircumcised Philistines?” And Samson says to his father, “Take her for me, for she is right in my eyes.”
and to say to/for him father his and mother his nothing in/on/with daughter brother: male-relative your and in/on/with all kinsman my woman for you(m. s.) to go: went to/for to take: marry woman: wife from Philistine [the] uncircumcised and to say Samson to(wards) father his [obj] her to take: marry to/for me for he/she/it to smooth in/on/with eye my
4 And his father and his mother have not known that it [is] from YHWH, that He is seeking a meeting of the Philistines; and the Philistines are ruling over Israel at that time.
and father his and mother his not to know for from LORD he/she/it for opportunity he/she/it to seek from Philistine and in/on/with time [the] he/she/it Philistine to rule in/on/with Israel
5 And Samson goes down—also his father and his mother, to Timnath, and they come to the vineyards of Timnath, and behold, a lion’s whelp roars at meeting him,
and to go down Samson and father his and mother his Timnah [to] and to come (in): come till vineyard Timnah [to] and behold lion lion to roar to/for to encounter: meet him
6 and the Spirit of YHWH prospers over him, and he tears it as the tearing of a kid, and there is nothing in his hand, and he has not declared to his father and to his mother that which he has done.
and to rush upon him spirit LORD and to cleave him like/as to cleave [the] kid and anything nothing in/on/with hand his and not to tell to/for father his and to/for mother his [obj] which to make: do
7 And he goes down and speaks to the woman, and she is right in the eyes of Samson;
and to go down and to speak: speak to/for woman and to smooth in/on/with eye Samson
8 and he turns back after [some] days to take her, and turns aside to see the carcass of the lion, and behold, a swarm of bees [are] in the body of the lion—and honey.
and to return: return from day to/for to take: marry her and to turn aside: turn aside to/for to see: see [obj] carcass [the] lion and behold congregation bee in/on/with body [the] lion and honey
9 And he takes it down on to his hands, and goes on, going and eating; and he goes to his father, and to his mother, and gives to them, and they eat, and he has not declared to them that he took down the honey from the body of the lion.
and to scrape him to(wards) palm his and to go: went to go: come and to eat and to go: went to(wards) father his and to(wards) mother his and to give: give to/for them and to eat and not to tell to/for them for from body [the] lion to scrape [the] honey
10 And his father goes down to the woman, and Samson makes a banquet there, for so the young men does;
and to go down father his to(wards) [the] woman and to make there Samson feast for so to make: do [the] youth
11 and it comes to pass, when they see him, that they take thirty companions, and they are with him.
and to be like/as to see: see they [obj] him and to take: take thirty companion and to be with him
12 And Samson says to them, “Now let me put forth a riddle to you; if you certainly declare it to me [in] the seven days of the banquet, and have found [it] out, then I have given thirty linen shirts and thirty changes of garments to you;
and to say to/for them Samson to riddle please to/for you riddle if to tell to tell [obj] her to/for me seven day [the] feast and to find and to give: give to/for you thirty linen and thirty change garment
13 and if you are not able to declare [it] to me, then you have given thirty linen shirts and thirty changes of garments to me.” And they say to him, “Put forth your riddle, and we hear it!”
and if not be able to/for to tell to/for me and to give: give you(m. p.) to/for me thirty linen and thirty change garment and to say to/for him to riddle [emph?] riddle your and to hear: hear her
14 And he says to them: “Out of the eater came forth something to eat, And out of the strong came forth [something] sweet”; and they were not able to declare the riddle [in] three days.
and to say to/for them from [the] to eat to come out: issue food and from strong to come out: issue sweet and not be able to/for to tell [the] riddle three day
15 And it comes to pass, on the seventh day, that they say to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband, that he declare the riddle to us, lest we burn you and the house of your father with fire; have you not called for us [here] to rob us?”
and to be in/on/with day [the] seventh and to say to/for woman: wife Samson to entice [obj] man: husband your and to tell to/for us [obj] [the] riddle lest to burn [obj] you and [obj] house: home father your in/on/with fire to/for to possess: poor us to call: call to to/for us not
16 And Samson’s wife weeps for it and says, “You have only hated me, and have not loved me; you have put forth the riddle to the sons of my people, but have not declared it to me”; and he says to her, “Behold, I have not declared [it] to my father and to my mother—and I declare [it] to you?”
and to weep woman: wife Samson upon him and to say except to hate me and not to love: lover me [the] riddle to riddle to/for son: descendant/people people my and to/for me not to tell and to say to/for her behold to/for father my and to/for mother my not to tell and to/for you to tell
17 And she weeps for it the seven days [in] which their banquet has been, and it comes to pass on the seventh day that he declares [it] to her, for she has distressed him; and she declares the riddle to the sons of her people.
and to weep upon him seven [the] day which to be to/for them [the] feast and to be in/on/with day [the] seventh and to tell to/for her for to press him and to tell [the] riddle to/for son: descendant/people people her
18 And the men of the city say to him on the seventh day, before the sun goes in: “What [is] sweeter than honey? And what [is] stronger than a lion?” And he says to them: “Unless you had plowed with my heifer, You had not found out my riddle.”
and to say to/for him human [the] city in/on/with day [the] seventh in/on/with before to come (in): come [the] sun [to] what? sweet from honey and what? strong from lion and to say to/for them unless to plow/plot in/on/with heifer my not to find riddle my
19 And the Spirit of YHWH prospers over him, and he goes down to Ashkelon, and strikes down thirty of their men, and takes their armor, and gives the changes to those declaring the riddle; and his anger burns, and he goes up to the house of his father;
and to rush upon him spirit LORD and to go down Ashkelon and to smite from them thirty man and to take: take [obj] spoil their and to give: give [the] change to/for to tell [the] riddle and to be incensed face: anger his and to ascend: rise house: home father his
20 and Samson’s wife becomes his companion’s, who had attended to him.
and to be woman: wife Samson to/for companion his which to befriend to/for him

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