Judges

Judges 16:5

⁵The lords of the Philistines went to her and said, “Entice him and find out the source of his great strength and how we can overpower him to tie him up and subdue him. Then each one of us will give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.^a”

Footnotes

a 16:5 1,100 shekels is approximately 27.6 pounds or 12.5 kilograms of silver.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
The lords	סַרְנֵ֣י	sar·nê	Noun - masculine plural construct	H5633 tyrant, lord
of the Philistines	פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים	p̄ə·liš·tîm	Noun - proper - masculine plural	H6430 Philistine
went	וַיַּעֲל֨וּ	way·ya·‘ă·lū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H5927 go up, ascend, climb
to her	אֵלֶ֜יהָ	’ê·le·hā	Preposition; third person feminine singular	H413 motion to
and said	וַיֹּ֨אמְרוּ	way·yō·mə·rū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural	H559 utter, say
Entice	פַּתִּ֣י	pat·tî	Verb - Piel - Imperative - feminine singular	H6601 be spacious, wide, open
him	אוֹת֗וֹ	’ō·w·ṯōw	Direct object marker; third person masculine singular	H853 mark of the accusative
and find out	וּרְאִי֙	ū·rə·’î	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Imperative - feminine singular	H7200 see
the source of	בַּמֶּה֙	bam·meh	Preposition-b; Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
his great	גָד֔וֹל	ḡā·ḏō·wl	Adjective - masculine singular	H1419 great
strength	כֹּח֣וֹ	kō·ḥōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H3581 strength, power
and how	וּבַמֶּה֙	ū·ḇam·meh	Conjunctive waw, Preposition-b; Interrogative	H4100 what? how? aught
we can overpower	נ֣וּכַל	nū·ḵal	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural	H3201 be able, have power, prevail, endure
him	ל֔וֹ	lōw	Preposition; third person masculine singular
to tie him up	וַאֲסַרְנֻ֖הוּ	wa·’ă·sar·nu·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common plural; third person masculine singular	H631 tie, bind, imprison
and subdue him	לְעַנֹּת֑וֹ	lə·‘an·nō·ṯōw	Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct; third person masculine singular	H6031 be occupied, busied with
Then each one	אִ֕ישׁ	’îš	Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
of us	וַאֲנַ֙חְנוּ֙	wa·’ă·naḥ·nū	Conjunctive waw; Pronoun - first person common plural	H587 we
will give	נִתַּן־	nit·tan-	Verb - Qal - Imperfect - first person common plural	H5414 give, put, set
you	לָ֔ךְ	lāḵ	Preposition; second person feminine singular
eleven hundred	אֶ֥לֶף	’e·lep̄	Number - masculine singular	H505 thousand
of silver	כָּֽסֶף׃	kā·sep̄	Noun - masculine singular	H3701 silver, money

Cross-references

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Judges 14:15 · Joshua 13:3 · 1 Timothy 6:9–10 · 1 Corinthians 6:15–18

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.