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Judges 14:16

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And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? [is it] not [so]?	And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told [it] me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told [it] my father nor my mother, and shall I tell [it] thee?	And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Samson's^H8123 wife^H802 wept^H1058 before him, and said^H559, Thou dost but hate^H8130 me, and lovest^H157 me not: thou hast put forth^H2330 a riddle^H2420 unto the children^H1121 of my people^H5971, and hast not told^H5046 it me. And he said^H559 unto her, Behold, I have not told^H5046 it my father^H1 nor my mother^H517, and shall I tell^H5046 it thee?

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Original Hebrew

וַתֵּבְךְּ אֵשֶׁת שִׁמְשֹׁון עָלָיו וַתֹּאמֶר רַק־שְׂנֵאתַנִי וְלֹא אֲהַבְתָּנִי הַחִידָה חַדְתָּ לִבְנֵי עַמִּי וְלִי לֹא הִגַּדְתָּה וַיֹּאמֶר לָהּ הִנֵּה לְאָבִי וּלְאִמִּי לֹא הִגַּדְתִּי וְלָךְ אַגִּיד׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/תֵּבְךְּ֩	va./te.veK	H1058	HC/Vqw3fs	and/ she wept
אֵ֨שֶׁת	'E.shet	H802	HNcfsc	(the) wife of
שִׁמְשׁ֜וֹן	shim.Shon	H8123	HNp	Samson
עָלָ֗י/ו	'a.La/v	H5921	HR/Sp3ms	over/ him
וַ/תֹּ֨אמֶר֙	va./To.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3fs	and/ she said
רַק	rak-	H7535	HTa	only
שְׂנֵאתַ֨/נִי֙	se.ne.Ta./ni	H8130	HVqp2ms/Sp1cs	you hate/ me
וְ/לֹ֣א	ve./Lo'	H3808	HC/Tn	and/ not
אֲהַבְתָּ֔/נִי	'a.hav.Ta./ni	H157	HVqp2ms/Sp1cs	you love/ me
הַֽ/חִידָ֥ה	ha./chi.Dah	H2420	HTd/Ncfsa	the/ riddle
חַ֨דְתָּ֙	chad.ta	H2330	HVqp2ms	you have asked (the) riddle
לִ/בְנֵ֣י	li/v.Nei	H1121	HR/Ncmpc	to/ (the) sons of
עַמִּ֔/י	'a.M/i	H5971	HNcmsc/Sp1cs	people/ my
וְ/לִ֖/י	ve./L/i		HC/R/Sp1cs	and/ to (the)/ me
לֹ֣א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
הִגַּ֑דְתָּה	hi.Gad.tah	H5046	HVhp2ms	you have told
וַ/יֹּ֣אמֶר	va/i.Yo.mer	H559	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he said
לָ֗/הּ	La/h		HR/Sp3fs	to (the)/ her
הִנֵּ֨ה	hi.Neh	H2009	HTm	here!
לְ/אָבִ֧/י	le./'a.V/i	H1	HR/Ncmsc/Sp1cs	to/ father/ my
וּ/לְ/אִמִּ֛/י	u./le./'i.M/i	H517	HC/R/Ncfsc/Sp1cs	and/ to/ mother/ my
לֹ֥א	lo'	H3808	HTn	not
הִגַּ֖דְתִּי	hi.Gad.ti	H5046	HVhp1cs	I have told
וְ/לָ֥/ךְ	ve./La/kh		HC/R/Sp2fs	and/ to (the) (why)/ you
אַגִּֽיד	'a.Gid	H5046	HVhi1cs	will I tell?

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

Strong's References

• H1 — אָב (ʼâb, awb): a primitive word; father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application; chief, (fore-) father(-less), [idiom] patrimony, principal. Compare names in 'Abi-'.
• H157 — אָהַב (ʼâhab, aw-hab'): or אָהֵב ; a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise); (be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
• H517 — אֵם (ʼêm, ame): a primitive word; a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father)); dam, mother, [idiom] parting.
• 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.
• H802 — אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'): feminine of אִישׁ or אֱנוֹשׁ; irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
• H1058 — בָּכָה (bâkâh, baw-kaw'): a primitive root; to weep; generally to bemoan; [idiom] at all, bewail, complain, make lamentation, [idiom] more, mourn, [idiom] sore, [idiom] with tears, weep.
• H1121 — בֵּן (bên, bane): from בָּנָה; a son (as a builder of the family name), in the widest sense (of literal and figurative relationship, including grandson, subject, nation, quality or condition, etc., (like father or brother), etc.); [phrase] afflicted, age, (Ahoh-) (Ammon-) (Hachmon-) (Lev-) ite, (anoint-) ed one, appointed to, ([phrase]) arrow, (Assyr-) (Babylon-) (Egypt-) (Grec-) ian, one born, bough, branch, breed, [phrase] (young) bullock, [phrase] (young) calf, [idiom] came up in, child, colt, [idiom] common, [idiom] corn, daughter, [idiom] of first, [phrase] firstborn, foal, [phrase] very fruitful, [phrase] postage, [idiom] in, [phrase] kid, [phrase] lamb, ([phrase]) man, meet, [phrase] mighty, [phrase] nephew, old, ([phrase]) people, [phrase] rebel, [phrase] robber, [idiom] servant born, [idiom] soldier, son, [phrase] spark, [phrase] steward, [phrase] stranger, [idiom] surely, them of, [phrase] tumultuous one, [phrase] valiant(-est), whelp, worthy, young (one), youth.
• 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.
• 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.
• H5971 — עַם (ʻam, am): from עָמַם; a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock; folk, men, nation, people.
• H8123 — שִׁמְשׁוֹן (Shimshôwn, shim-shone'): from שֶׁמֶשׁ; sunlight; Shimshon, an Israelite; Samson.
• H8130 — שָׂנֵא (sânêʼ, saw-nay'): a primitive root; to hate (personally); enemy, foe, (be) hate(-ful, -r), odious, [idiom] utterly.

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

• H2009 — הִנֵּה (hinnêh, hin-nay'): prolongation for הֵן; lo!; behold, lo, see.
• 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.
• H5921 — עַל (ʻal, al): properly, the same as עַל used as a preposition (in the singular or plural often with prefix, or as conjunction with a particle following); above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications; above, according to(-ly), after, (as) against, among, and, [idiom] as, at, because of, beside (the rest of), between, beyond the time, [idiom] both and, by (reason of), [idiom] had the charge of, concerning for, in (that), (forth, out) of, (from) (off), (up-) on, over, than, through(-out), to, touching, [idiom] with.
• H7535 — רַק (raq, rak): the same as רַק as a noun; properly, leanness, i.e. (figuratively) limitation; only adverbial, merely, or conjunctional, although; but, even, except, howbeit howsoever, at the least, nevertheless, nothing but, notwithstanding, only, save, so (that), surely, yet (so), in any wise.

Cross References

Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

• I have not — Genesis 2:24
• Thou dost — Judges 16:15

Reciprocal references (1): Judges 15:2

Related Topics

• Nave’s: BETTING, RIDDLE, SAMSON

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