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Judges 15:8

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And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.	And he smote them hip and thigh with a great slaughter: and he went down and dwelt in the top of the rock Etam.	Then the Philistines went up, and pitched in Judah, and spread themselves in Lehi.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And he smote^H5221 them hip^H7785 and^H5921 thigh^H3409 with a great^H1419 slaughter^H4347: and he went down^H3381 and dwelt^H3427 in the top^H5585 of the rock^H5553 Etam^H5862.

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Original Hebrew

וַיַּךְ אֹותָם שֹׁוק עַל־יָרֵךְ מַכָּה גְדֹולָה וַיֵּרֶד וַיֵּשֶׁב בִּסְעִיף סֶלַע עֵיטָם׃ ס

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יַּ֨ךְ	va/i.Yakh	H5221	HC/Vhw3ms	and/ he struck
אוֹתָ֥/ם	'o.Ta/m	H853	HTo/Sp3mp	(obj.)/ them
שׁ֛וֹק	Shok	H7785	HNcfsa	leg
עַל	'al-	H5921	HR	with
יָרֵ֖ךְ	ya.Rekh	H3409	HNcfsa	thigh
מַכָּ֣ה	ma.Kah	H4347	HNcfsa	a defeat
גְדוֹלָ֑ה	ge.do.Lah	H1419	HAafsa	great
וַ/יֵּ֣רֶד	va/i.Ye.red	H3381	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he went down
וַ/יֵּ֔שֶׁב	va/i.Ye.shev	H3427	HC/Vqw3ms	and/ he dwelt
בִּ/סְעִ֖יף	bi/s.'If	H5585	HR/Ncmsc	in/ (the) cleft of
סֶ֥לַע	Se.la'	H5553	HNcmsc	(the) rock of
עֵיטָֽם	'ei.Tam	H5862	HNp	Etam

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

Strong's References

• H1419 — גָּדוֹל (gâdôwl, gaw-dole'): or גָּדֹל; (shortened) from גָּדַל; great (in any sense); hence, older; also insolent; [phrase] aloud, elder(-est), [phrase] exceeding(-ly), [phrase] far, (man of) great (man, matter, thing,-er,-ness), high, long, loud, mighty, more, much, noble, proud thing, [idiom] sore, ([idiom]) very.
• H3381 — יָרַד (yârad, yaw-rad'): a primitive root; to descend (literally, to go downwards; or conventionally to a lower region, as the shore, a boundary, the enemy, etc.; or figuratively, to fall); causatively, to bring down (in all the above applications); [idiom] abundantly, bring down, carry down, cast down, (cause to) come(-ing) down, fall (down), get down, go(-ing) down(-ward), hang down, [idiom] indeed, let down, light (down), put down (off), (cause to, let) run down, sink, subdue, take down.
• H3409 — יָרֵךְ (yârêk, yaw-rake'): from an unused root meaning to be soft; the thigh (from its fleshy softness); by euphemistically the generative parts; figuratively, a shank, flank, side; [idiom] body, loins, shaft, side, thigh.
• H3427 — יָשַׁב (yâshab, yaw-shab'): a primitive root; properly, to sit down (specifically as judge. in ambush, in quiet); by implication, to dwell, to remain; causatively, to settle, to marry; (make to) abide(-ing), continue, (cause to, make to) dwell(-ing), ease self, endure, establish, [idiom] fail, habitation, haunt, (make to) inhabit(-ant), make to keep (house), lurking, [idiom] marry(-ing), (bring again to) place, remain, return, seat, set(-tle), (down-) sit(-down, still, -ting down, -ting (place) -uate), take, tarry.
• H4347 — מַכָּה (makkâh, mak-kaw'): or (masculine) מַכֶּה; (plural only) from נָכָה; a blow (in 2 Chronicles 2:10, of the flail); by implication,; a wound; figuratively, carnage, also pestilence; beaten, blow, plague, slaughter, smote, [idiom] sore, stripe, stroke, wound(-ed).
• H5221 — נָכָה (nâkâh, naw-kaw'): a primitive root; to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively); beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound.
• H5553 — סֶלַע (çelaʻ, seh'-lah): from an unused root meaning to be lofty; a craggy rock, literally or figuratively (a fortress); (ragged) rock, stone(-ny), strong hold.
• H5585 — סָעִיף (çâʻîyph, saw-eef'): from סָעַף; a fissure (of rocks); also a bough (as subdivided); (outmost) branch, clift, top.
• H5862 — עֵיטָם (ʻÊyṭâm, ay-tawm'): from עַיִט; hawk-ground; Etam, a place in Palestine; Etam.
• 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.
• H7785 — שׁוֹק (shôwq, shoke): from שׁוּק; the (lower) leg (as a runner); hip, leg, shoulder, thigh.

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

• H853 — אֵת (ʼêth, ayth): apparent contracted from אוֹת in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely); (as such unrepresented in English).

Cross References

Reciprocal references (8): Deuteronomy 33:22, Judges 14:6, Judges 16:24, Judges 16:30, 1 Samuel 23:25, 2 Chronicles 11:6, Job 16:14, Psalms 108:13

Related Topics

• Nave’s: ETAM, REVENGE, SAMSON

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