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Judg 16:2 And it was told the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed him in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.

wayyišəkaḇ šiməšôn ‘aḏ-ḥăṣî hallayəlāh wayyāqām baḥăṣî hallayəlāh wayye’ĕḥōz bəḏaləṯôṯ ša‘ar-hā‘îr ûḇišətê hamməzûzôṯ wayyissā‘ēm ‘im-habbərîaḥ wayyāśem ‘al-kəṯēp̱āyw wayya‘ălēm ’el-rō’š hāhār ’ăšer ‘al-pənê ḥeḇərôn

Judg 16:3 And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put them upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron.

wayəhî ’aḥărê-ḵēn wayye’ĕhaḇ ’iššāh bənaḥal śōrēq ûšəmāhh dəlîlāh

Judg 16:4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.

wayya‘ălû ’ēleyhā sarənê p̱əlišətîm wayyō’mərû lāhh pattî ’ôṯô ûrə’î bammeh kōḥô g̱āḏôl ûḇammeh nûḵal lô wa’ăsarənuhû lə‘annōṯô wa’ănaḥənû nittan-lāḵ ’îš ’elep̱ ûmē’āh kāsep̱

Judg 16:5 And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength lieth, and by what means we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred pieces of silver.

wattō’mer dəlîlāh ’el-šiməšôn haggîḏāh-nnā’ lî bammeh kōḥăḵā g̱āḏôl ûḇammeh ṯē’āsēr lə‘annôṯeḵā

Judg 16:6 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.

wayyō’mer ’ēleyhā šiməšôn ’im-ya’asərunî bəšiḇə‘āh yəṯārîm laḥîm ’ăšer lō’-ḥōrāḇû wəḥālîṯî wəhāyîṯî kə’aḥaḏ hā’āḏām

Judg 16:7 And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.

wayya‘ălû-lāhh sarənê p̱əlišətîm šiḇə‘āh yəṯārîm laḥîm ’ăšer lō’-ḥōrāḇû watta’asərēhû bāhem

Judg 16:8 Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.

wəhā’ōrēḇ yōšēḇ lāhh baḥeḏer wattō’mer ’ēlāyw pəlišətîm ‘āleyḵā šiməšôn wayənattēq ’eṯ-hayəṯārîm ka’ăšer yinnāṯēq pəṯîl-hannə‘ōreṯ bahărîḥô ’ēš wəlō’ nôḏa‘ kōḥô

Judg 16:9 Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.

wattō’mer dəlîlāh ’el-šiməšôn hinnēh hēṯalətā bî wattəḏabbēr ’ēlay kəzāḇîm ‘attāh haggîḏāh-nnā’ lî bammeh tē’āsēr

Judg 16:10 And Delilah said unto Samson, Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.

wayyō’mer ’ēleyhā ’im-’āsôr ya’asərûnî ba‘ăḇōṯîm ḥăḏāšîm ’ăšer lō’-na‘ăśāh ḇāhem məlā’ḵāh wəḥālîṯî wəhāyîṯî kə’aḥaḏ hā’āḏām

Judg 16:11 And he said unto her, If they bind me fast with new ropes that never were occupied, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.

wattiqqaḥ dəlîlāh ‘ăḇōṯîm ḥăḏāšîm watta’asərēhû ḇāhem wattō’mer ’ēlāyw pəlišətîm ‘āleyḵā šiməšôn wəhā’ōrēḇ yōšēḇ beḥāḏer wayənattəqēm mē‘al zərō‘ōṯāyw kaḥûṭ

Judg 16:12 Delilah therefore took new ropes, and bound him therewith, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And there were liers in wait abiding in the chamber. And he brake them from off his arms like a thread.

wattō’mer dəlîlāh ’el-šiməšôn ‘aḏ-hēnnāh hēṯalətā bî wattəḏabbēr ’ēlay kəzāḇîm haggîḏāh llî bammeh tē’āsēr wayyō’mer ’ēleyhā ’im-ta’arəg̱î ’eṯ-šeḇa‘ maḥələp̱ôṯ rō’šî ‘im-hammassāḵeṯ

Judg 16:13 And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.

wattiṯəqa‘ bayyāṯēḏ wattō’mer ’ēlāyw pəlišətîm ‘āleyḵā šiməšôn wayyîqaṣ miššənāṯô wayyissa‘ ’eṯ-hayəṯaḏ hā’ereg̱ wə’eṯ-hammassāḵeṯ

Judg 16:14 And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.

wattō’mer ’ēlāyw ’êḵ tō’mar ’ăhaḇətîḵ wəlibbəḵā ’ên ’ittî zeh šālōš pə‘āmîm hēṯalətā bî wəlō’-higgaḏətā llî bammeh kōḥăḵā g̱āḏôl

Judg 16:15 And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.

wayəhî kî-hēṣîqāh llô ḇiḏəḇāreyhā kāl-hayyāmîm wattə’alăṣēhû wattiqəṣar nap̱əšô lāmûṯ

Judg 16:16 And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;

wayyaggeḏ-lāhh ’eṯ-kāl-libbô wayyō’mer lāhh môrāh lō’-‘ālāh ‘al-rō’šî kî-nəzîr ’ĕlōhîm ’ănî mibbeṭen ’immî ’im-gullaḥətî wəsār mimmennî ḵōḥî wəḥālîṯî wəhāyîṯî kəḵāl-hā’āḏām

Judg 16:17 That he told her all his heart, and said unto her, There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother's womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.

wattēre’ dəlîlāh kî-higgîḏ lāhh ’eṯ-kāl-libbô wattišəlaḥ wattiqərā’ ləsarənê p̱əlišətîm lē’mōr ‘ălû happa‘am kî-higgîḏ lî ’eṯ-kāl-libbô wə‘ālû ’ēleyhā sarənê p̱əlišətîm wayya‘ălû hakkesep̱ bəyāḏām

Judg 16:18 And when Delilah saw that he had told her all his heart, she sent and called for the lords of the Philistines, saying, Come up this once, for he hath shewed me all his heart. Then the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and brought money in their hand.

wattəyaššənēhû ‘al-birəkeyhā wattiqərā’ lā’îš wattəg̱allaḥ ’eṯ-šeḇa‘ maḥələp̱ôṯ rō’šô wattāḥel lə‘annôṯô wayyāsar kōḥô mē‘ālāyw

Judg 16:19 And she made him sleep upon her knees; and she called for a man, and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength went from him.

wattō’mer pəlišətîm ‘āleyḵā šiməšôn wayyiqaṣ miššənāṯô wayyō’mer ’ēṣē’ kəp̱a‘am bəp̱a‘am wə’innā‘ēr wəhû’ lō’ yāḏa‘ kî yəhwāh sār mē‘ālāyw

Judg 16:20 And she said, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awoke out of his sleep, and said, I will go out as at other times before, and shake myself. And he wist not that the LORD was departed from him.

wayyō’ḥăzûhû p̱əlišətîm wayənaqqərû ’eṯ-‘ênāyw wayyôrîḏû ’ôṯô ‘azzāṯāh wayya’asərûhû banəḥušətayim wayəhî ṭôḥēn bəḇêṯ hā’ăsûrîm

Judg 16:21 But the Philistines took him, and put out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, and bound him with fetters of brass; and he did grind in the prison house.

wayyāḥel śə‘ar-rō’šô ləṣammēaḥ ka’ăšer gullāḥ

Judg 16:22 Howbeit the hair of his head began to grow again after he was shaven.

wəsarənê p̱əlišətîm ne’ĕsəp̱û lizəbōaḥ zeḇaḥ-gāḏôl ləḏāg̱ôn ’ĕlōhêhem ûləśiməḥāh wayyō’mərû nāṯan ’ĕlōhênû bəyāḏēnû ’ēṯ šiməšôn ’ôyəḇênû

Judg 16:23 Then the lords of the Philistines gathered them together for to offer a great sacrifice unto Dagon their god, and to rejoice: for they said, Our god hath delivered Samson our enemy into our hand.

wayyirə’û ’ōṯô hā‘ām wayəhaləlû ’eṯ-’ĕlōhêhem kî ’āmərû nāṯan ’ĕlōhênû ḇəyāḏēnû ’eṯ-’ôyəḇēnû wə’ēṯ maḥărîḇ ’arəṣēnû wa’ăšer hirəbāh ’eṯ-ḥălālênû

Judg 16:24 And when the people saw him, they praised their god: for they said, Our god hath delivered into our hands our enemy, and the destroyer of our country, which slew many of us.

wayəhî kəṭôḇ libbām wayyō’mərû qirə’û ləšiməšôn wîśaḥeq-lānû wayyiqərə’û ləšiməšôn mibbêṯ hā’ăsûrîm wayəṣaḥēq lip̱ənêhem wayya‘ămîḏû ’ôṯô bên hā‘ammûḏîm

Judg 16:25 And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.

wayyō’mer šiməšôn ’el-hanna‘ar hammaḥăzîq bəyāḏô hannîḥāh ’ôṯî wahămišēnî ’eṯ-hā‘ammuḏîm ’ăšer habbayiṯ nāḵôn ‘ălêhem wə’eššā‘ēn ‘ălêhem

Judg 16:26 And Samson said unto the lad that held him by the hand, Suffer me that I may feel the pillars whereupon the house standeth, that I may lean upon them.

wəhabbayiṯ mālē’ hā’ănāšîm wəhannāšîm wəšāmmāh kōl sarənê p̱əlišətîm wə‘al-haggāg̱ kišəlōšeṯ ’ălāp̱îm ’îš wə’iššāh hārō’îm biśəḥôq šiməšôn

Judg 16:27 Now the house was full of men and women; and all the lords of the Philistines were there; and there were upon the roof about three thousand men and women, that beheld while Samson made sport.

wayyiqərā’ šiməšôn ’el-yəhwāh wayyō’mar ’ăḏōnāy yĕhôih zāḵərēnî nā’ wəḥazzəqēnî nā’ ’aḵ happa‘am hazzeh hā’ĕlōhîm wə’innāqəmāh nəqam-’aḥaṯ miššəṯê ‘ênay mippəlišətîm

Judg 16:28 And Samson called unto the LORD, and said, O Lord God, remember me, I pray thee, and strengthen me, I pray thee, only this once, O God, that I may be at once avenged of the Philistines for my two eyes.

wayyiləpōṯ šiməšôn ’eṯ-šənê ‘ammûḏê hattāweḵ ’ăšer habbayiṯ nāḵôn ‘ălêhem wayyissāmēḵ ‘ălêhem ’eḥāḏ bîmînô wə’eḥāḏ biśəmō’lô

Judg 16:29 And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.

wayyō’mer šiməšôn tāmôṯ nap̱əšî ‘im-pəlišətîm wayyēṭ bəḵōaḥ wayyippōl habbayiṯ ‘al-hassərānîm wə‘al-kāl-hā‘ām ’ăšer-bô wayyihəyû hammēṯîm ’ăšer hēmîṯ bəmôṯô rabbîm mē’ăšer hēmîṯ bəḥayyāyw

Judg 16:30 And Samson said, Let me die with the Philistines. And he bowed himself with all his might; and the house fell upon the lords, and upon all the people that were therein. So the dead which he slew at his death were more than they which he slew in his life.

wayyērəḏû ’eḥāyw wəḵāl-bêṯ ’āḇîhû wayyiśə’û ’ōṯô wayya‘ălû wayyiqəbərû ’ôṯô bên ṣārə‘āh ûḇên ’ešətā’ōl bəqeḇer mānôaḥ ’āḇîw wəhû’ šāp̱aṭ ’eṯ-yiśərā’ēl ‘eśərîm šānāh

Judg 16:31 Then his brethren and all the house of his father came down, and took him, and brought him up, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the buryingplace of Manoah his father. And he judged Israel twenty years.

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