Judges 14:18
Before sunset on the seventh day, the men of the city said to Samson: “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” So he said to them: “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!”
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ASV
And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, Ye had not found out my riddle.
KJV
And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.
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23 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ | vai.Yo.me.ru | and they said | H559 → |
| לוֹ֩ | lo | to <the> him | |
| אַנְשֵׁ֨י | 'an.Shei | [the] men of | H582 → |
| הָעִ֜יר | ha.'Ir | the city | H5892 → |
| בַּיּ֣וֹם | bai.Yom | on the day | H3117 → |
| הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י | ha.she.vi.'I | <the> seventh | H7637 → |
| בְּטֶ֙רֶם֙ | be.Te.rem | <in> before | H2962 → |
| יָבֹ֣א | ya.Vo' | it went | H935 → |
| הַחַ֔רְסָה | ha.Char.sah | the sun <towards> | H2775 → |
| מַה־ | mah- | what? | H4100 → |
| מָּת֣וֹק | ma.Tok | [is] sweet | H4966 → |
| מִדְּבַ֔שׁ | mi.de.Vash | more than honey | H1706 → |
| וּמֶ֥ה | u.Meh | and what? | H4100 → |
| עַ֖ז | 'az | [is] strong | H5794 → |
| מֵאֲרִ֑י | me.'a.Ri | more than a lion | H738 → |
| וַיֹּ֣אמֶר | vai.Yo.mer | and he said | H559 → |
| לָהֶ֔ם | la.Hem | to <the> them | |
| לוּלֵא֙ | lu.Le' | if not | H3884 → |
| חֲרַשְׁתֶּ֣ם | cha.rash.Tem | you had plowed | H2790 → |
| בְּעֶגְלָתִ֔י | be.'eg.la.Ti | with heifer my | H5697 → |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → |
| מְצָאתֶ֖ם | me.tza.Tem | you found out | H4672 → |
| חִידָתִֽי׃ | chi.da.Ti | riddle my | H2420 → |
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