Judges

Judges 15:4–5

⁴Then Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes. And he took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and fastened a torch between each pair of tails. ⁵Then he lit the torches and released the foxes into the standing grain of the Philistines, burning up the piles of grain and the standing grain, as well as the vineyards and olive groves.

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Judges 15:4

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then Samson	שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן	šim·šō·wn	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H8123 Samson
went out	וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ	way·yê·leḵ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1980 go, come, walk
and caught	וַיִּלְכֹּ֖ד	way·yil·kōḏ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3920 capture, seize, take (by lot)
three	שְׁלֹשׁ־	šə·lōš-	Number - feminine singular construct	H7969 a three, triad
hundred	מֵא֣וֹת	mê·’ō·wṯ	Number - feminine plural	H3967 hundred
foxes	שׁוּעָלִ֑ים	šū·‘ā·lîm	Noun - masculine plural	H7776 fox
And he took	וַיִּקַּ֣ח	way·yiq·qaḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3947 take
torches	לַפִּדִ֗ים	lap·pi·ḏîm	Noun - masculine plural	H3940 torch
turned	וַיֶּ֤פֶן	way·ye·p̄en	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H6437 turn
the foxes tail-to-tail	זָנָב֙	zā·nāḇ	Noun - masculine singular	H2180 tail, also (figurative) end, stump
and fastened	וַיָּ֨שֶׂם	way·yā·śem	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7760 put, place, set
a	אֶחָ֛ד	’e·ḥāḏ	Number - masculine singular	H259 one
torch	לַפִּ֥יד	lap·pîḏ	Noun - masculine singular	H3940 torch
between	בֵּין־	bên-	Preposition	H996 interval, space between
each pair	שְׁנֵ֥י	šə·nê	Number - masculine dual construct	H8147 two
of tails	הַזְּנָב֖וֹת	haz·zə·nā·ḇō·wṯ	Article; Noun - masculine plural	H2180 tail, also (figurative) end, stump

Judges 15:5

English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Then he lit	וַיַּבְעֶר־	way·yaḇ·‘er-	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1197 burn, consume
the torches	בַּלַּפִּידִ֔ים	bal·lap·pî·ḏîm	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - masculine plural	H3940 torch
and released	וַיְשַׁלַּ֖ח	way·šal·laḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H7971 send
into the standing grain	בְּקָמ֣וֹת	bə·qā·mō·wṯ	Preposition-b; Noun - feminine plural construct	H7054 standing grain
of the Philistines	פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑ים	pə·liš·tîm	Noun - proper - masculine plural	H6430 Philistine
burning up	וַיַּבְעֵ֛ר	way·yaḇ·‘êr	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H1197 burn, consume
the piles of grain	מִגָּדִ֥ישׁ	mig·gā·ḏîš	Preposition-m; Noun - masculine singular	H1430 heap, stack
and the standing grain	קָמָ֖ה	qā·māh	Noun - feminine singular	H7054 standing grain
as well as	וְעַד־	wə·‘aḏ-	Conjunctive waw; Preposition	H5704 as far as, even to, up to, until, while
the vineyards	כֶּ֥רֶם	ke·rem	Noun - masculine singular construct	H3754 vineyard
and olive groves	זָֽיִת׃	zā·yiṯ	Noun - masculine singular	H2132 olive-tree, olive

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Judges 15:4 Lamentations 5:18 · Psalm 63:10 · Song of Solomon 2:15

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.