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Judges 15:4

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And Samson said concerning them, Now shall I be more blameless than the Philistines, though I do them a displeasure.	And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.	And when he had set the brands on fire, he let [them] go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both the shocks, and also the standing corn, with the vineyards [and] olives.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And Samson^H8123 went^H3212 and caught^H3920 three^H7969 hundred^H3967 foxes^H7776, and took^H3947 firebrands^H3940, and turned^H6437 tail^H2180 to tail^H2180, and put^H7760 a^H259 firebrand^H3940 in the midst^H8432 between two^H8147 tails^H2180.

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Original Hebrew

וַיֵּלֶךְ שִׁמְשֹׁון וַיִּלְכֹּד שְׁלֹשׁ־מֵאֹות שׁוּעָלִים וַיִּקַּח לַפִּדִים וַיֶּפֶן זָנָב אֶל־זָנָב וַיָּשֶׂם לַפִּיד אֶחָד בֵּין־שְׁנֵי הַזְּנָבֹות בַּתָּוֶךְ׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יֵּ֣לֶךְ	va/i.Ye.lekh	H3212	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he went
שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן	shim.Shon	H8123	HNp	Samson
וַ/יִּלְכֹּ֖ד	va/i.yil.Kod	H3920	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he captured
שְׁלֹשׁ	she.losh-	H7969	HAcfsa	three
מֵא֣וֹת	me.'ot	H3967	HAcbpa	hundred(s)
שׁוּעָלִ֑ים	shu.'a.Lim	H7776	HNcmpa	foxes
וַ/יִּקַּ֣ח	va/i.yi.Kach	H3947	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he took
לַפִּדִ֗ים	la.pi.Dim	H3940	HNcmpa	torches
וַ/יֶּ֤פֶן	va/i.Ye.fen	H6437	HC/Vhw3ms	and/ he turned
זָנָב֙	za.Nav	H2180	HNcmsa	tail
אֶל	'el-	H413	HR	to
זָנָ֔ב	za.Nav	H2180	HNcmsa	tail
וַ/יָּ֨שֶׂם	va/i.Ya.sem	H7760	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he put
לַפִּ֥יד	la.Pid	H3940	HNcmsa	a torch
אֶחָ֛ד	'e.Chad	H259	HAcmsa	one
בֵּין	bein-	H996	HR	between
שְׁנֵ֥י	she.Nei	H8147	HAcmdc	(the) two
הַ/זְּנָב֖וֹת	ha./ze.na.Vot	H2180	HTd/Ncmpa	the/ tails
בַּ/תָּֽוֶךְ	ba./Ta.vekh	H8432	HRd/Ncmsa	in the/ middle

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

Strong's References

• H259 — אֶחָד (ʼechâd, ekh-awd'): a numeral from אָחַד; properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first; a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-) ly, each (one), [phrase] eleven, every, few, first, [phrase] highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
• H2180 — זָנָב (zânâb, zaw-nawb'): from זָנַב (in the original sense of flapping); the tail (literally or figuratively); tail.
• H3212 — יָלַךְ (yâlak, yaw-lak'): a primitive root (compare הָלַךְ); to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses); [idiom] again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, [phrase] follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, [phrase] pursue, cause to run, spread, take away (-journey), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, [idiom] be weak.
• H3920 — לָכַד (lâkad, law-kad'): a primitive root; to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere; [idiom] at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.
• H3940 — לַפִּיד (lappîyd, lap-peed'): or לַפִּד; from an unused root probably meaning to shine; a flambeau, lamp or flame; (fire-) brand, (burning) lamp, lightning, torch.
• H3947 — לָקַח (lâqach, law-kakh'): a primitive root; to take (in the widest variety of applications); accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, [idiom] many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
• H3967 — מֵאָה (mêʼâh, may-aw'): or מֵאיָה; properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction; hundred((-fold), -th), [phrase] sixscore.
• H6437 — פָּנָה (pânâh, paw-naw'): a primitive root; to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.; appear, at (even-) tide, behold, cast out, come on, [idiom] corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-) turn (aside, away, back, face, self), [idiom] right (early).
• H7760 — שׂוּם (sûwm, soom): or שִׂים; a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically); [idiom] any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, [phrase] disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, [phrase] name, [idiom] on, ordain, order, [phrase] paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), [phrase] regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, [phrase] stedfastly, take, [idiom] tell, [phrase] tread down, (over-)turn, [idiom] wholly, work.
• H7776 — שׁוּעָל (shûwʻâl, shoo-awl'): or שֻׁעָל; from the same as שֹׁעַל; a jackal (as a burrower); fox.
• H7969 — שָׁלוֹשׁ (shâlôwsh, shaw-loshe'): or שָׁלֹשׁ; masculine שְׁלוֹשָׁה; or שְׁלֹשָׁה; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice; [phrase] fork, [phrase] often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, [phrase] thrice. Compare שָׁלִישׁ.
• H8123 — שִׁמְשׁוֹן (Shimshôwn, shim-shone'): from שֶׁמֶשׁ; sunlight; Shimshon, an Israelite; Samson.
• H8147 — שְׁנַיִם (shᵉnayim, shen-ah'-yim): dual of שֵׁנִי; feminine שְׁתַּיִם; two; also (as ordinal) twofold; both, couple, double, second, twain, [phrase] twelfth, [phrase] twelve, [phrase] twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
• H8432 — תָּוֶךְ (tâvek, taw'-vek): from an unused root meaning to sever; a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre; among(-st), [idiom] between, half, [idiom] (there-, where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), [idiom] out (of), [idiom] through, [idiom] with(-in).

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

• H413 — אֵל (ʼêl, ale): (but only used in the shortened constructive form אֶל ); a primitive particle; properly, denoting motion towards, but occasionally used of a quiescent position, i.e.; near, with or among; often in general, to; about, according to, after, against, among, as for, at, because(-fore, -side), both...and, by, concerning, for, from, [idiom] hath, in(-to), near, (out) of, over, through, to(-ward), under, unto, upon, whether, with(-in).
• H996 — בֵּין (bêyn, bane): (sometimes in the plural masculine or feminine); properly, the constructive form of an otherwise unused noun from בִּין; a distinction; but used only as a preposition,; between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or; among, asunder, at, between (-twixt...and), [phrase] from (the widest), [idiom] in, out of, whether (it be...or), within.

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