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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?”

BSB

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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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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַתֵּבְךְּ֩va.te.veKand she weptH1058
אֵ֨שֶׁת'E.shet[the] wife ofH802
שִׁמְשׁ֜וֹןshim.ShonSamsonH8123
עָלָ֗יו'a.Lavover himH5921
וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙va.To.merand she saidH559
רַק־rak-onlyH7535
שְׂנֵאתַ֙נִי֙se.ne.Ta.niyou hate meH8130
וְלֹ֣אve.Lo'and notH3808
אֲהַבְתָּ֔נִי'a.hav.Ta.niyou love meH157
הַֽחִידָ֥הha.chi.Dahthe riddleH2420
חַ֙דְתָּ֙chad.tayou have asked [the] riddleH2330
לִבְנֵ֣יliv.Neito [the] sons ofH1121
עַמִּ֔י'a.Mipeople myH5971
וְלִ֖יve.Liand to <the> me
לֹ֣אlo'notH3808
הִגַּ֑דְתָּהhi.Gad.tahyou have toldH5046
וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he saidH559
לָ֗הּLahto <the> her
הִנֵּ֨הhi.Nehhere!H2009
לְאָבִ֧יle.'a.Vito father myH1
וּלְאִמִּ֛יu.le.'i.Miand to mother myH517
לֹ֥אlo'notH3808
הִגַּ֖דְתִּיhi.Gad.tiI have toldH5046
וְלָ֥ךְve.Lakhand to <the> [why] you
אַגִּֽיד׃'a.Gidwill I tell?H5046

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Samson Slays a Lion — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Samson Slays a Lion — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain