Judges

Judges 14:8

⁸When Samson returned later to take her, he left the road to see the lion’s carcass, and in it was a swarm of bees, along with their honey.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
When	וַיָּ֤שָׁב	way·yā·šāḇ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7725 turn back, return
later	מִיָּמִים֙	mî·yā·mîm	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine plural	H3117 day
to take her	לְקַחְתָּ֔הּ	lə·qaḥ·tāh	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; third person feminine singular	H3947 take
he left	וַיָּ֣סַר	way·yā·sar	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5493 turn aside
the road to see	לִרְא֔וֹת	lir·’ō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H7200 see
the lion’s	הָאַרְיֵ֑ה	hā·’ar·yêh	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H738 lion
carcass	מַפֶּ֣לֶת	map·pe·leṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H4658 carcass, ruin, overthrow
and in	בִּגְוִיַּ֥ת	biḡ·wî·yaṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct	H1472 body, corpse
was	וְהִנֵּ֨ה	wə·hin·nêh	Conjunctive waw; Interjection	H2009 lo! behold!
a swarm	עֲדַ֧ת	‘ă·ḏaṯ	Noun - feminine singular construct	H5712 congregation
of bees	דְּבוֹרִ֛ים	də·ḇō·w·rîm	Noun - feminine plural	H1682 bee
along with their honey	וּדְבָֽשׁ׃	ū·ḏə·ḇāš	Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular	H1706 honey

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.