Judges

Judges 15:10

¹⁰“Why have you attacked us?” said the men of Judah.

The Philistines replied, “We have come to arrest Samson and pay him back for what he has done to us.”

Word by word

Each English word or phrase beside the Hebrew it translates, in the order of the English. Choose a number to open that word’s study.

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Why	לָמָ֖ה	lā·māh	Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
have you attacked	עֲלִיתֶ֣ם	‘ă·lî·ṯem	Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
us	עָלֵ֑ינוּ	‘ā·lê·nū	Preposition; first person common plural	H5921 height
said	וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙	way·yō·mə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
the men	אִ֣ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular construct	H376 man
of Judah	יְהוּדָ֔ה	yə·hū·ḏāh	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H3063 Judah
The Philistines replied	וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ	way·yō·mə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
We have come	עָלִ֔ינוּ	‘ā·lî·nū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
to arrest	לֶאֱס֤וֹר	le·’ĕ·sō·wr	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H631 tie, bind, imprison
Samson	שִׁמְשׁוֹן֙	šim·šō·wn	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H8123 Samson
and pay him back	לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת	la·‘ă·śō·wṯ	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct	H6213 do, make
for what	כַּאֲשֶׁ֖ר	ka·’ă·šer	Preposition-k; Pronoun - relative	H834 particle of relation
he has done	עָ֥שָׂה	‘ā·śāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
to us	לָֽנוּ׃	lā·nū	Preposition; first person common plural

Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.