Judges 14:16
Then Samson’s wife came to him, weeping, and said, “You hate me! You do not really love me! You have posed to my people a riddle, but have not explained it to me.” “Look,” he said, “I have not even explained it to my father or mother, so why should I explain it to you?”
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ASV
And Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell thee?
KJV
And Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?
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25 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַתֵּבְךְּ֩ | va.te.veK | and she wept | H1058 → |
| אֵ֨שֶׁת | 'E.shet | [the] wife of | H802 → |
| שִׁמְשׁ֜וֹן | shim.Shon | Samson | H8123 → |
| עָלָ֗יו | 'a.Lav | over him | H5921 → |
| וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ | va.To.mer | and she said | H559 → |
| רַק־ | rak- | only | H7535 → |
| שְׂנֵאתַ֙נִי֙ | se.ne.Ta.ni | you hate me | H8130 → |
| וְלֹ֣א | ve.Lo' | and not | H3808 → |
| אֲהַבְתָּ֔נִי | 'a.hav.Ta.ni | you love me | H157 → |
| הַֽחִידָ֥ה | ha.chi.Dah | the riddle | H2420 → |
| חַ֙דְתָּ֙ | chad.ta | you have asked [the] riddle | H2330 → |
| לִבְנֵ֣י | liv.Nei | to [the] sons of | H1121 → |
| עַמִּ֔י | 'a.Mi | people my | H5971 → |
| וְלִ֖י | ve.Li | and to <the> me | |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| הִגַּ֑דְתָּה | hi.Gad.tah | you have told | H5046 → |
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| לָ֗הּ | Lah | to <the> her | |
| הִנֵּ֨ה | hi.Neh | here! | H2009 → |
| לְאָבִ֧י | le.'a.Vi | to father my | H1 → |
| וּלְאִמִּ֛י | u.le.'i.Mi | and to mother my | H517 → |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| הִגַּ֖דְתִּי | hi.Gad.ti | I have told | H5046 → |
| וְלָ֥ךְ | ve.Lakh | and to <the> [why] you | |
| אַגִּֽיד׃ | 'a.Gid | will I tell? | H5046 → |
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