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.
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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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22 tagged words| Original | Transliteration | Meaning | Word study |
|---|---|---|---|
| וַיִּרְדֵּ֣הוּ | vai.yir.De.hu | and he scraped out it | H7287 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | into | H413 → |
| כַּפָּ֗יו | ka.Pav | palms his | H3709 → |
| וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ | vai.Ye.lekh | and he went | H1980 → |
| הָלוֹךְ֙ | ha.loKh | continuously <to go> | H1980 → |
| וְאָכֹ֔ל | ve.'a.Khol | and eating | H398 → |
| וַיֵּ֙לֶךְ֙ | vai.Ye.lekh | and he came | H1980 → |
| אֶל־ | 'el- | to | H413 → |
| אָבִ֣יו | 'a.Viv | father his | H1 → |
| וְאֶל־ | ve.'el- | and to | H413 → |
| אִמּ֔וֹ | 'i.Mo | mother his | H517 → |
| וַיִּתֵּ֥ן | vai.yi.Ten | and he gave | H5414 → |
| לָהֶ֖ם | la.Hem | to <the> them | |
| וַיֹּאכֵ֑לוּ | vai.yo.Khe.lu | and they ate | H398 → |
| וְלֹֽא־ | ve.lo'- | and not | H3808 → |
| הִגִּ֣יד | hi.Gid | he told | H5046 → |
| לָהֶ֔ם | la.Hem | to <the> them | |
| כִּ֛י | ki | that | H3588 → |
| מִגְּוִיַּ֥ת | mi.ge.vi.Yat | from [the] carcass of | H1472 → |
| הָאַרְיֵ֖ה | ha.'ar.Yeh | the lion | H738 → |
| רָדָ֥ה | ra.Dah | he had scraped out | H7287 → |
| הַדְּבָֽשׁ׃ | ha.de.Vash | the honey | H1706 → |
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