Judges

Judges 15:6

⁶“Who did this?” the Philistines demanded.

“It was Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite,” they were told. “For his wife was given to his companion.”

So the Philistines went up and burned her and her father to death.

Word by word

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
Who	מִ֣י	mî	Interrogative	H4310 who?
did	עָ֣שָׂה	‘ā·śāh	Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular	H6213 do, make
this	זֹאת֒	zōṯ	Pronoun - feminine singular	H2063 this
the Philistines	פְלִשְׁתִּים֮	p̄ə·liš·tîm	Noun - proper - masculine plural	H6430 Philistine
demanded	וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ	way·yō·mə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
It was Samson	שִׁמְשׁוֹן֙	šim·šō·wn	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H8123 Samson
the son-in-law	חֲתַ֣ן	ḥă·ṯan	Noun - masculine singular construct	H2860 daughter's husband, bride-groom
of the Timnite	הַתִּמְנִ֔י	hat·tim·nî	Article; Noun - proper - masculine singular	H8554 Timnite
they were told	וַיֹּאמְר֗וּ	way·yō·mə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
For	כִּ֚י	kî	Conjunction	H3588 burning, branding
his wife	אִשְׁתּ֔וֹ	’iš·tōw	Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H802 woman, wife, female
was given	וַֽיִּתְּנָ֖הּ	way·yit·tə·nāh	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular; third person feminine singular	H5414 give, put, set
to his companion	לְמֵרֵעֵ֑הוּ	lə·mê·rê·‘ê·hū	Preposition-l; Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H4828 friend, companion
So the Philistines	פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים	p̄ə·liš·tîm	Noun - proper - masculine plural	H6430 Philistine
went up	וַיַּעֲל֣וּ	way·ya·‘ă·lū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
and burned	וַיִּשְׂרְפ֥וּ	way·yiś·rə·p̄ū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H8313 burn
her and her father	אָבִ֖יהָ	’ā·ḇî·hā	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person feminine singular	H1 father
to death	בָּאֵֽשׁ׃	bā·’êš	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - common singular	H784 fire

Cross-references

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Judges 14:15 · Proverbs 22:8 · 1 Thessalonians 4:6

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.