Judges
Judges 15:16
16Then Samson said:
“With the jawbone of a donkey
I have piled them into heaps.c
With the jawbone of a donkey
I have slain a thousand men.”
Footnotes
- c 15:16 Or I have made them into donkeys
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Then Samson | שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן | šim·šō·wn | Noun - proper - masculine singular | H8123 Samson |
| said | וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | way·yō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| With the jawbone | בִּלְחִ֣י | bil·ḥî | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct | H3895 jaw, cheek |
| of a donkey | הַחֲמ֔וֹר | ha·ḥă·mō·wr | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H2543 heap |
| I have piled them | חֲמ֖וֹר | ḥă·mō·wr | Noun - masculine singular | H2565 heap |
| into heaps | חֲמֹרָתָ֑יִם | ḥă·mō·rā·ṯā·yim | Noun - md | H2565 heap |
| With the jawbone | בִּלְחִ֣י | bil·ḥî | Preposition-b; Noun - feminine singular construct | H3895 jaw, cheek |
| of a donkey | הַחֲמ֔וֹר | ha·ḥă·mō·wr | Article; Noun - masculine singular | H2543 heap |
| I have slain | הִכֵּ֖יתִי | hik·kê·ṯî | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - first person common singular | H5221 smite |
| a thousand | אֶ֥לֶף | ’e·lep̄ | Number - masculine singular construct | H505 thousand |
| men | אִֽישׁ׃ | ’îš | Noun - masculine singular | H376 man |
Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.