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Judges 16:8

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And Samson said unto her, If they bind me with seven green withs that were never dried, then shall I be weak, and be as another man.	Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.	Now [there were] men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines [be] upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

Then the lords^H5633 of the Philistines^H6430 brought up^H5927 to her seven^H7651 green^H3892 withs^H3499 which had not been dried^H2717, and she bound^H631 him with them.

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Original Hebrew

וַיַּעֲלוּ־לָהּ סַרְנֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים שִׁבְעָה יְתָרִים לַחִים אֲשֶׁר לֹא־חֹרָבוּ וַתַּאַסְרֵהוּ בָּהֶם׃

Hebrew	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
וַ/יַּעֲלוּ	va/i.ya.'a.lu-	H5927	HC/Vhw3mp	and/ they brought up
לָ֞/הּ	la/h		HR/Sp3fs	to (the)/ her
סַרְנֵ֣י	sar.Nei	H5633	HNcmpc	(the) rulers of
פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים	fe.lish.Tim	H6430	HNgmpa	(the) Philistines
שִׁבְעָ֛ה	shiv.'Ah	H7651	HAcmsa	seven
יְתָרִ֥ים	ye.ta.Rim	H3499	HNcmpa	cords
לַחִ֖ים	la.Chim	H3892	HAampa	fresh
אֲשֶׁ֣ר	'a.Sher	H834	HTr	which
לֹא	lo'-	H3808	HTn	not
חֹרָ֑בוּ	cho.Ra.vu	H2717	HVPp3cp	they had been dried
וַ/תַּאַסְרֵ֖/הוּ	va./ta.'as.Re./hu	H631	HC/Vqw3fs/Sp3ms	and/ she bound/ him
בָּ/הֶֽם	ba./Hem		HR/Sp3mp	with (the)/ them

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

Strong's References

• H631 — אָסַר (ʼâçar, aw-sar'): a primitive root; to yoke or hitch; by analogy, to fasten in any sense, to join battle; bind, fast, gird, harness, hold, keep, make ready, order, prepare, prison(-er), put in bonds, set in array, tie.
• H2717 — חָרַב (chârab, khaw-rab'): or חֲרֵב; a primitive root; to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill; decay, (be) desolate, destroy(-er), (be) dry (up), slay, [idiom] surely, (lay, lie, make) waste.
• H3499 — יֶתֶר (yether, yeh'-ther): from יָתַר; properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free); [phrase] abundant, cord, exceeding, excellancy(-ent), what they leave, that hath left, plentifully, remnant, residue, rest, string, with.
• H3892 — לַח (lach, lakh): from an unused root meaning to be new; fresh, i.e. unused or undried; green, moist.
• H5633 — סֶרֶן (çeren, seh'-ren): from an unused root of uncertain meaning; an axle; figuratively, a peer; lord, plate.
• H5927 — עָלָה (ʻâlâh, aw-law'): a primitive root; to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative; arise (up), (cause to) ascend up, at once, break (the day) (up), bring (up), (cause to) burn, carry up, cast up, [phrase] shew, climb (up), (cause to, make to) come (up), cut off, dawn, depart, exalt, excel, fall, fetch up, get up, (make to) go (away, up); grow (over) increase, lay, leap, levy, lift (self) up, light, (make) up, [idiom] mention, mount up, offer, make to pay, [phrase] perfect, prefer, put (on), raise, recover, restore, (make to) rise (up), scale, set (up), shoot forth (up), (begin to) spring (up), stir up, take away (up), work.
• H6430 — פְּלִשְׁתִּי (Pᵉlishtîy, pel-ish-tee'): patrial from פְּלֶשֶׁת; a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth; Philistine.
• H7651 — שֶׁבַע (shebaʻ, sheh'-bah): or (masculine) (שִׁבְעָה); from שָׁבַע; a primitive cardinal number; seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number; ([phrase] by) seven(-fold),-s, (-teen, -teenth), -th, times). Compare שִׁבְעָנָה.

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

• H834 — אֲשֶׁר (ʼăsher, ash-er'): a primitive relative pronoun (of every gender and number); who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.; [idiom] after, [idiom] alike, as (soon as), because, [idiom] every, for, [phrase] forasmuch, [phrase] from whence, [phrase] how(-soever), [idiom] if, (so) that ((thing) which, wherein), [idiom] though, [phrase] until, [phrase] whatsoever, when, where ([phrase] -as, -in, -of, -on, -soever, -with), which, whilst, [phrase] whither(-soever), who(-m, -soever, -se). As it is indeclinable, it is often accompanied by the personal pronoun expletively, used to show the connection.
• 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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