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Judges 14:13

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And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find [it] out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:	But if ye cannot declare [it] me, then shall ye give me thirty sheets and thirty change of garments. And they said unto him, Put forth thy riddle, that we may hear it.	And he said unto them, Out of the eater came forth meat, and out of the strong came forth sweetness. And they could not in three days expound the riddle.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

But if ye cannot^H3201 declare^H5046 it me, then shall ye give^H5414 me thirty^H7970 sheets^H5466 and thirty^H7970 change^H2487 of garments^H899. And they said^H559 unto him, Put forth^H2330 thy riddle^H2420, that we may hear^H8085 it.

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Original Hebrew

וְאִם־לֹא תוּכְלוּ לְהַגִּיד לִי וּנְתַתֶּם אַתֶּם לִי שְׁלֹשִׁים סְדִינִים וּשְׁלֹשִׁים חֲלִיפֹות בְּגָדִים וַיֹּאמְרוּ לֹו חוּדָה חִידָתְךָ וְנִשְׁמָעֶנָּה׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וְ/אִם	ve./'im-	H518	HC/C	and/ if
לֹ֣א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
תוּכְלוּ֮	tu.khe.Lu	H3201	HVqi2mp	you will be able
לְ/הַגִּ֣יד	le./ha.Gid	H5046	HR/Vhc	to/ tell
לִ/י֒	l/i		HR/Sp1cs	to (the)/ me
וּ/נְתַתֶּ֨ם	u./ne.ta.Tem	H5414	HC/Vqq2mp	and/ you will give
אַתֶּ֥ם	'a.Tem	H859	HPp2mp	you
לִ/י֙	l/i		HR/Sp1cs	to (the)/ me
שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים	she.lo.Shim	H7970	HAcbpa	thirty
סְדִינִ֔ים	se.di.Nim	H5466	HNcmpa	linen garments
וּ/שְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים	u./she.lo.Shim	H7970	HC/Acbpa	and/ thirty
חֲלִיפ֣וֹת	cha.li.Fot	H2487	HNcfpc	changes of
בְּגָדִ֑ים	be.ga.Dim	H899	HNcmpa	garments
וַ/יֹּ֣אמְרוּ	va/i.Yo.me.ru	H559	HC/Vqw3mp	and/ they said
ל֔/וֹ	l/o		HR/Sp3ms	to (the)/ him
ח֥וּדָ/ה	Chu.da/h	H2330	HVqv2ms/Sh	ask (the) riddle/ !
חִידָתְ/ךָ֖	chi.da.te./Kha	H2420	HNcfsc/Sp2ms	riddle/ your
וְ/נִשְׁמָעֶֽ/נָּה	ve./nish.ma.'E./nah	H8085	HC/Vqi1cp/Sp3fs	so/ we may hear/ it

Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)

Strong's References

• H559 — אָמַר (ʼâmar, aw-mar'): a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.
• H899 — בֶּגֶד (beged, behg'-ed): from בָּגַד; a covering, i.e. clothing; also treachery or pillage; apparel, cloth(-es, ing), garment, lap, rag, raiment, robe, [idiom] very (treacherously), vesture, wardrobe.
• H2330 — חוּד (chûwd, khood): a primitive root; properly, to tie a knot, i.e. (figuratively) to propound a riddle; put forth.
• H2420 — חִידָה (chîydâh, khee-daw'): from חוּד; a puzzle, hence, a trick, conundrum, sententious maxim; dark saying (sentence, speech), hard question, proverb, riddle.
• H2487 — חֲלִיפָה (chălîyphâh, khal-ee-faw'): lemma חלִיפָה missing vowel, corrected to חֲלִיפָה; from חָלַף; alternation; change, course.
• H3201 — יָכֹל (yâkôl, yaw-kole'): or (fuller) יָכוֹל; a primitive root; to be able, literally (can, could) or morally (may, might); be able, any at all (ways), attain, can (away with, (-not)), could, endure, might, overcome, have power, prevail, still, suffer.
• H5046 — נָגַד (nâgad, naw-gad'): a primitive root; properly, to front, i.e. stand boldly out opposite; by implication (causatively), to manifest; figuratively, to announce (always by word of mouth to one present); specifically, to expose, predict, explain, praise; bewray, [idiom] certainly, certify, declare(-ing), denounce, expound, [idiom] fully, messenger, plainly, profess, rehearse, report, shew (forth), speak, [idiom] surely, tell, utter.
• H5414 — נָתַן (nâthan, naw-than'): a primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.); add, apply, appoint, ascribe, assign, [idiom] avenge, [idiom] be (healed), bestow, bring (forth, hither), cast, cause, charge, come, commit, consider, count, [phrase] cry, deliver (up), direct, distribute, do, [idiom] doubtless, [idiom] without fail, fasten, frame, [idiom] get, give (forth, over, up), grant, hang (up), [idiom] have, [idiom] indeed, lay (unto charge, up), (give) leave, lend, let (out), [phrase] lie, lift up, make, [phrase] O that, occupy, offer, ordain, pay, perform, place, pour, print, [idiom] pull, put (forth), recompense, render, requite, restore, send (out), set (forth), shew, shoot forth (up), [phrase] sing, [phrase] slander, strike, (sub-) mit, suffer, [idiom] surely, [idiom] take, thrust, trade, turn, utter, [phrase] weep, [phrase] willingly, [phrase] withdraw, [phrase] would (to) God, yield.
• H5466 — סָדִין (çâdîyn, saw-deen'): from an unused root meaning to envelop; a wrapper, i.e. shirt; fine linen, sheet.
• H7970 — שְׁלוֹשִׁים (shᵉlôwshîym, shel-o-sheem'): or שְׁלֹשִׁים; multiple of שָׁלוֹשׁ; thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth; thirty, thirtieth. Compare שָׁלִישׁ.
• H8085 — שָׁמַע (shâmaʻ, shaw-mah'): a primitive root; to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.); [idiom] attentively, call (gather) together, [idiom] carefully, [idiom] certainly, consent, consider, be content, declare, [idiom] diligently, discern, give ear, (cause to, let, make to) hear(-ken, tell), [idiom] indeed, listen, make (a) noise, (be) obedient, obey, perceive, (make a) proclaim(-ation), publish, regard, report, shew (forth), (make a) sound, [idiom] surely, tell, understand, whosoever (heareth), witness.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

• H518 — אִם (ʼim, eem): a primitive particle; used very widely as demonstrative, lo!; interrogative, whether?; or conditional, if, although; also Oh that!, when; hence, as a negative, not; (and, can-, doubtless, if, that) (not), [phrase] but, either, [phrase] except, [phrase] more(-over if, than), neither, nevertheless, nor, oh that, or, [phrase] save (only, -ing), seeing, since, sith, [phrase] surely (no more, none, not), though, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] unless, [phrase] verily, when, whereas, whether, while, [phrase] yet.
• H859 — אַתָּה (ʼattâh, at-taw'): or (shortened); אַתָּ; or אַת; feminine (irregular) sometimes אַתִּי; plural masculine אַתֶּם; feminine אַתֶּן; or אַתֵּנָהlemma אתֵּנָה missing vowel, corrected to אַתֵּנָה; or אַתֵּנָּה; a primitive pronoun of the second person; thou and thee, or (plural) ye and you; thee, thou, ye, you.
• H3808 — לֹא (lôʼ, lo): or לוֹא; or לֹה; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles; [idiom] before, [phrase] or else, ere, [phrase] except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), ([idiom] as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, [phrase] surely, [phrase] as truly as, [phrase] of a truth, [phrase] verily, for want, [phrase] whether, without.

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