Judges

Judges 15:12

¹²But they said to him, “We have come down to arrest you and hand you over to the Philistines.”

Samson replied, “Swear to me that you will not kill me yourselves.”

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
But they said	וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּ	way·yō·mə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
to him	לוֹ֙	lōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular
We have come down	יָרַ֔דְנוּ	yā·raḏ·nū	Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common plural	H3381 come or go down, descend
to arrest you	לֶאֱסָרְךָ֣	le·’ĕ·sā·rə·ḵā	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; second person masculine singular	H631 tie, bind, imprison
and hand you over to	לְתִתְּךָ֖	lə·ṯit·tə·ḵā	Preposition-l; Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct; second person masculine singular	H5414 give, put, set
the Philistines	פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים	pə·liš·tîm	Noun - proper - masculine plural	H6430 Philistine
Samson	שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן	šim·šō·wn	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H8123 Samson
replied	וַיֹּ֤אמֶר	way·yō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H559 utter, say
Swear	הִשָּׁבְע֣וּ	hiš·šā·ḇə·‘ū	Verb - Nifal - Imperative - masculine plural	H7650 swear
to me	לִ֔י	lî	Preposition; first person common singular
that	פֶּֽן־	pen-	Conjunction	H6435 lest
you will not kill me	תִּפְגְּע֥וּן	tip̄·gə·‘ūn	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural; Paragogic nun	H6293 meet, encounter, reach

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.