Judges
Judges 16:15
15“How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she asked, “when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and failed to reveal to me the source of your great strength!”
Word by word
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| English | Hebrew | Sounds like | Grammar | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| How | אֵ֚יךְ | ’êḵ | Interjection | H349 How? |
| can you say | וַתֹּ֣אמֶר | wat·tō·mer | Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | H559 utter, say |
| I love you | אֲהַבְתִּ֔יךְ | ’ă·haḇ·tîḵ | Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular; second person feminine singular | H157 love |
| she asked | תֹּאמַ֣ר | tō·mar | Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular | H559 utter, say |
| when your heart | וְלִבְּךָ֖ | wə·lib·bə·ḵā | Conjunctive waw; Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H3820 inner man, mind, will, heart |
| is not | אֵ֣ין | ’ên | Adverb | H369 nothing, nought |
| with me | אִתִּ֑י | ’it·tî | Preposition; first person common singular | H854 with |
| This | זֶ֣ה | zeh | Pronoun - masculine singular | H2088 this, that |
| is the third | שָׁלֹ֤שׁ | šā·lōš | Number - feminine singular | H7969 a three, triad |
| time | פְּעָמִים֙ | pə·‘ā·mîm | Noun - feminine plural | H6471 beat, foot, anvil, occurrence |
| you have mocked | הֵתַ֣לְתָּ | hê·ṯal·tā | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H2048 deceive, mock |
| me | בִּ֔י | bî | Preposition; first person common singular | |
| and failed | וְלֹא־ | wə·lō- | Conjunctive waw; Adverb - Negative particle | H3808 not |
| to reveal | הִגַּ֣דְתָּ | hig·gaḏ·tā | Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular | H5046 be conspicuous |
| to me | לִּ֔י | lî | Preposition; first person common singular | |
| the source | בַּמֶּ֖ה | bam·meh | Preposition-b; Interrogative | H4100 what? how? aught |
| of your great strength | כֹּחֲךָ֥ | kō·ḥă·ḵā | Noun - masculine singular construct; second person masculine singular | H3581 strength, power |
Cross-references
Other passages that speak to the same thing. Point at one to read it.
Judges 14:16 · 1 John 2:15–16 · Proverbs 23:26 · John 15:10 · John 14:15 · 2 Corinthians 5:14–15 · Song of Solomon 8:6–7 · Proverbs 5:3–14
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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.