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Judges 14:9

So he scooped some honey into his hands and ate it as he went along. And when he returned to his father and mother, he gave some to them and they ate it. But he did not tell them that he had taken the honey from the lion’s carcass.

BSB

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ASV

And he took it into his hands, and went on, eating as he went; and he came to his father and mother, and gave unto them, and they did eat: but he told them not that he had taken the honey out of the body of the lion.

KJV

And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.

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OriginalTransliterationMeaningWord study
וַיִּרְדֵּ֣הוּvai.yir.De.huand he scraped out itH7287
אֶל־'el-intoH413
כַּפָּ֗יוka.Pavpalms hisH3709
וַיֵּ֤לֶךְvai.Ye.lekhand he wentH1980
הָלוֹךְ֙ha.loKhcontinuously <to go>H1980
וְאָכֹ֔לve.'a.Kholand eatingH398
וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙vai.Ye.lekhand he cameH1980
אֶל־'el-toH413
אָבִ֣יו'a.Vivfather hisH1
וְאֶל־ve.'el-and toH413
אִמּ֔וֹ'i.Momother hisH517
וַיִּתֵּ֥ןvai.yi.Tenand he gaveH5414
לָהֶ֖םla.Hemto <the> them
וַיֹּאכֵ֑לוּvai.yo.Khe.luand they ateH398
וְלֹֽא־ve.lo'-and notH3808
הִגִּ֣ידhi.Gidhe toldH5046
לָהֶ֔םla.Hemto <the> them
כִּ֛יkithatH3588
מִגְּוִיַּ֥תmi.ge.vi.Yatfrom [the] carcass ofH1472
הָאַרְיֵ֖הha.'ar.Yehthe lionH738
רָדָ֥הra.Dahhe had scraped outH7287
הַדְּבָֽשׁ׃ha.de.Vashthe honeyH1706

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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