Judges 16:1 BSB — MannaFest

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9 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ	vai.Ye.lekh	and he went	H1980 →
שִׁמְשׁ֖וֹן	shim.Shon	Samson	H8123 →
עַזָּ֑תָה	'a.Za.tah	Gaza towards	H5804 →
וַיַּרְא־	vai.yar'-	and he saw	H7200 →
שָׁם֙	sham	there	H8033 →
אִשָּׁ֣ה	'i.Shah	a woman	H802 →
זוֹנָ֔ה	zo.Nah	a prostitute	H2181 →
וַיָּבֹ֖א	vai.ya.Vo'	and he went	H935 →
אֵלֶֽיהָ׃	'e.Lei.ha	into her	H413 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Joshua 15:47
Ashdod, with its towns and villages; Gaza, with its towns and villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt and the coastline of the Great Sea.
leads to
- Joshua 15:4
  It proceeded to Azmon, joined the Brook of Egypt, and ended at the Sea. This was their southern border.
- Jeremiah 47:1
  This is the word of the LORD that came to Jeremiah the prophet about the Philistines before Pharaoh struck down Gaza.
- Zephaniah 2:4
  For Gaza will be abandoned, and Ashkelon left in ruins. Ashdod will be driven out at noon, and Ekron will be uprooted.
Through
Genesis 10:19
and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.
leads to
- Genesis 19:24–25
  Then the LORD rained down sulfur and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah—from the LORD out of the heavens.
- Genesis 14:2
  went to war against Bera king of Sodom, Birsha king of Gomorrah, Shinab king of Admah, Shemeber king of Zeboiim, and the king of Bela (that is, Zoar).
- Joshua 12:7–8
  And these are the kings of the land that Joshua and the Israelites conquered beyond the Jordan to the west, from Baal-gad in the Valley of Lebanon to Mount Halak, which rises toward Seir…
- Jeremiah 25:20
  all the mixed tribes; all the kings of Uz; all the kings of the Philistines: Ashkelon, Gaza, Ekron, and the remnant of Ashdod;
- Genesis 26:1

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Joshua 15:47Ashdod, with its towns and villages; Gaza, with its towns and villages, as far as the Brook of Egypt and the coastline of the Great Sea.Genesis 38:16–18Not realizing that she was his daughter-in-law, he went over to her and said, “Come now, let me sleep with you.” “What will you give me for sleeping with you?” she inquired.1 Corinthians 6:16Or don’t you know that he who unites himself with a prostitute is one with her in body? For it is said, “The two will become one flesh.”Genesis 10:19and the borders of Canaan extended from Sidon toward Gerar as far as Gaza, and then toward Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboiim, as far as Lasha.Ezra 9:1–2After these things had been accomplished, the leaders approached me and said, “The people of Israel, including the priests and Levites, have not kept themselves separate from the surrounding peoples whose abominations are like those of the Canaanites, Hittites, Perizzites, Jebusites, Ammonites, Moabites, Egyptians, and Amorites.1 Kings 4:24For Solomon had dominion over everything west of the Euphrates—over all the kingdoms from Tiphsah to Gaza—and he had peace on all sides.1 Samuel 6:17As a guilt offering to the LORD, the Philistines had sent back one gold tumor for each city: Ashdod, Gaza, Ashkelon, Gath, and Ekron.Genesis 38:2There Judah saw the daughter of a Canaanite man named Shua, and he took her as a wife and slept with her.Joshua 10:41Joshua conquered the area from Kadesh-barnea to Gaza, and the whole region of Goshen as far as Gibeon.Proverbs 7:8crossing the street near her corner, strolling down the road to her house,

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