Verse 1

{ "verseID": "Judges.16.1", "source": "וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ שִׁמְשׁ֖וֹן עַזָּ֑תָה וַיַּרְא־שָׁם֙ אִשָּׁ֣ה זוֹנָ֔ה וַיָּבֹ֖א אֵלֶֽיהָ׃", "text": "And *wə-yēlek* *Shimshôn* to-*ʿAzzātâ* and *wə-yərʾ* there *ʾiššâ* *zônâ* and *wə-yābōʾ* to her.", "grammar": { "*wə-yēlek*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he went", "*Shimshôn*": "proper noun, masculine singular - Samson", "*ʿAzzātâ*": "proper noun with directional heh - to Gaza", "*wə-yərʾ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he saw", "*ʾiššâ*": "noun, feminine singular construct - woman", "*zônâ*": "Qal participle, feminine singular - prostitute/harlot", "*wə-yābōʾ*": "waw consecutive + Qal imperfect 3rd masculine singular - and he went/came", "*ʾēleyhā*": "preposition + 3rd feminine singular suffix - to her" }, "variants": { "*ʿAzzātâ*": "Gaza (with directional suffix)", "*zônâ*": "prostitute/harlot", "*bōʾ*": "come/enter/go in (often with sexual connotation in this context)" } }

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Referenced Verses

  • Josh 15:47 : 47 { "verseID": "Joshua.15.47", "source": "אַשְׁדּ֞וֹד בְּנוֹתֶ֣יהָ וַחֲצֵרֶ֗יהָ עַזָּ֥ה בְּנוֹתֶ֥יהָ וַחֲצֵרֶ֖יהָ עַד־נַ֣חַל מִצְרָ֑יִם וְהַיָּ֥ם הַגָּד֖וֹל וּגְבֽוּל׃ ס", "text": "*ʾašdôd* *bənôtêhā* *waḥăṣērêhā* *ʿazzâ* *bənôtêhā* *waḥăṣērêhā* until-*naḥal* *miṣrāyim* and-the-*yām* the-*gādôl* and-*gəbûl*", "grammar": { "*ʾašdôd*": "proper noun, singular - Ashdod (city name)", "*bənôtêhā*": "noun, feminine plural construct with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - her daughters/settlements", "*waḥăṣērêhā*": "conjunction + noun, masculine plural construct with 3rd person feminine singular suffix - and her villages/courts", "*ʿazzâ*": "proper noun, singular - Gaza (city name)", "*naḥal*": "noun, masculine singular construct - stream/brook/wadi of", "*miṣrāyim*": "proper noun - Egypt", "*yām*": "noun, masculine singular - sea", "*gādôl*": "adjective, masculine singular - great/large", "*gəbûl*": "noun, masculine singular - border/territory/boundary" }, "variants": { "*bənôtêhā*": "daughter cities/dependent towns/settlements", "*ḥăṣērêhā*": "villages/enclosures/courts/settlements", "*naḥal miṣrāyim*": "Brook of Egypt/Wadi el-Arish (not the Nile)", "*yām hagādôl*": "the Great Sea/Mediterranean Sea", "*gəbûl*": "border/territory/boundary/coast" } }
  • Ezra 9:1-2 : 1 { "verseID": "Ezra.9.1", "source": "וּכְכַלּ֣וֹת אֵ֗לֶּה נִגְּשׁ֨וּ אֵלַ֤י הַשָּׂרִים֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר לֹֽא־נִבְדְּל֞וּ הָעָ֤ם יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ וְהַכֹּהֲנִ֣ים וְהַלְוִיִּ֔ם מֵעַמֵּ֖י הָאֲרָצ֑וֹת כְּ֠תוֹעֲבֹֽתֵיהֶם לַכְּנַעֲנִ֨י הַחִתִּ֜י הַפְּרִזִּ֣י הַיְבוּסִ֗י הָֽעַמֹּנִי֙ הַמֹּ֣אָבִ֔י הַמִּצְרִ֖י וְהָאֱמֹרִֽי", "text": "And when *kāllôt* these, *nāgaš* to-me the *śārîm* *lēʾmōr*, not-*bādal* the *ʿam yiśrāʾēl* and-the-*kōhanîm* and-the-*lǝwiyyîm* from-*ʿammê hāʾărāṣôt* according-to-*tôʿăbōtêhem* of-the-*kǝnaʿănî* the-*ḥittî* the-*pǝrizzî* the-*yǝbûsî* the-*ʿammōnî* the-*môʾābî* the-*miṣrî* and-the-*ʾĕmōrî*", "grammar": { "*kāllôt*": "infinitive construct of *kālâ* - 'to finish/complete' with prefix כְּ ('when/as')", "*nāgaš*": "Niphal perfect 3rd plural - 'approached/drew near'", "*śārîm*": "plural of *śar* - 'officials/princes'", "*lēʾmōr*": "infinitive construct - 'to say/saying'", "*bādal*": "Niphal perfect 3rd plural with negative לֹא - 'have not separated'", "*ʿam yiśrāʾēl*": "construct relationship - 'people of Israel'", "*kōhanîm*": "plural - 'priests'", "*lǝwiyyîm*": "plural - 'Levites'", "*ʿammê hāʾărāṣôt*": "construct relationship - 'peoples of the lands'", "*tôʿăbōtêhem*": "feminine plural with 3rd person plural suffix - 'their abominations'" }, "variants": { "*kāllôt*": "finishing/completing/ending", "*nāgaš*": "approached/came near/drew close", "*śārîm*": "officials/princes/leaders", "*bādal*": "separated/distinguished/set apart", "*tôʿăbōtêhem*": "abominations/detestable practices" } } 2 { "verseID": "Ezra.9.2", "source": "כִּֽי־נָשְׂא֣וּ מִבְּנֹֽתֵיהֶ֗ם לָהֶם֙ וְלִבְנֵיהֶ֔ם וְהִתְעָֽרְבוּ֙ זֶ֣רַע הַקֹּ֔דֶשׁ בְּעַמֵּ֖י הָאֲרָצ֑וֹת וְיַ֧ד הַשָּׂרִ֣ים וְהַסְּגָנִ֗ים הָ֥יְתָ֛ה בַּמַּ֥עַל הַזֶּ֖ה רִאשׁוֹנָֽה", "text": "For *nāśāʾ* from-*bǝnôtêhem* for-them and-for-*bǝnêhem*, and-*ʿārab* *zeraʿ haqqōdeš* with-*ʿammê hāʾărāṣôt*, and-*yād haśśārîm* and-the-*sǝgānîm* *hāyǝtâ* in-the-*maʿal* the-this *riʾšônâ*", "grammar": { "*nāśāʾ*": "Qal perfect 3rd plural - 'they have taken'", "*bǝnôtêhem*": "feminine plural with 3rd person plural suffix - 'their daughters'", "*bǝnêhem*": "masculine plural with 3rd person plural suffix - 'their sons'", "*ʿārab*": "Hithpael perfect 3rd plural - 'mixed themselves'", "*zeraʿ haqqōdeš*": "construct relationship - 'holy seed/offspring'", "*ʿammê hāʾărāṣôt*": "construct relationship - 'peoples of the lands'", "*yād haśśārîm*": "construct relationship - 'hand of the officials'", "*sǝgānîm*": "plural - 'deputies/rulers'", "*hāyǝtâ*": "Qal perfect 3rd feminine singular - 'was'", "*maʿal*": "singular - 'unfaithfulness/transgression'", "*riʾšônâ*": "feminine singular adjective - 'first/chief'" }, "variants": { "*nāśāʾ*": "took/carried/lifted", "*ʿārab*": "mixed/mingled/intermarried", "*zeraʿ haqqōdeš*": "holy seed/holy offspring/holy lineage", "*sǝgānîm*": "deputies/rulers/officials", "*maʿal*": "unfaithfulness/transgression/trespass", "*riʾšônâ*": "first/foremost/chief/leading" } }
  • Gen 10:19 : 19 { "verseID": "Genesis.10.19", "source": "וֽ͏ַיְהִ֞י גְּב֤וּל הֽ͏ַכְּנַעֲנִי֙ מִצִּידֹ֔ן בֹּאֲכָ֥ה גְרָ֖רָה עַד־עַזָּ֑ה בֹּאֲכָ֞ה סְדֹ֧מָה וַעֲמֹרָ֛ה וְאַדְמָ֥ה וּצְבֹיִ֖ם עַד־לָֽשַׁע׃", "text": "And *yəhî gəbûl haKənaʿănî miṢṢîdōn bōʾăkāh Gərārāh ʿad-ʿAzzāh bōʾăkāh Sədōmāh waʿĂmōrāh wəʾAdmāh ûṢəbōyim ʿad-Lāšaʿ*", "grammar": { "*wa-yəhî*": "conjunction wə- + Qal imperfect jussive 3rd person masculine singular - and it was", "*gəbûl*": "masculine singular noun, construct state - border/territory of", "*ha-Kənaʿănî*": "definite article ha- + gentilic noun - the Canaanite", "*mi-Ṣṣîdōn*": "preposition min + proper noun - from Sidon", "*bōʾăkāh*": "Qal infinitive construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - as you come/going toward", "*Gərārāh*": "proper noun with directional heh - to Gerar", "*ʿad-ʿAzzāh*": "preposition ʿad + proper noun - as far as Gaza", "*bōʾăkāh*": "Qal infinitive construct with 2nd person masculine singular suffix - as you come/going toward", "*Sədōmāh*": "proper noun with directional heh - to Sodom", "*wa-ʿĂmōrāh*": "conjunction wə- + proper noun - and Gomorrah", "*wə-ʾAdmāh*": "conjunction wə- + proper noun - and Admah", "*û-Ṣəbōyim*": "conjunction wə- + proper noun - and Zeboiim", "*ʿad-Lāšaʿ*": "preposition ʿad + proper noun - as far as Lasha" }, "variants": { "*gəbûl*": "border/territory/region", "*bōʾăkāh*": "as you come/going toward/in the direction of" } }
  • Gen 38:16-18 : 16 { "verseID": "Genesis.38.16", "source": "וַיֵּ֨ט אֵלֶ֜יהָ אֶל־הַדֶּ֗רֶךְ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ הָֽבָה־נָּא֙ אָב֣וֹא אֵלַ֔יִךְ כִּ֚י לֹ֣א יָדַ֔ע כִּ֥י כַלָּת֖וֹ הִ֑וא וַתֹּ֙אמֶר֙ מַה־תִּתֶּן־לִּ֔י כִּ֥י תָב֖וֹא אֵלָֽי", "text": "And *wayyēṭ* unto her by the *haddereḵ* and *wayyōʾmer*, *hābāh*-*nāʾ* *ʾābôʾ* unto you, for *lōʾ* *yādaʿ* that his *kallātô* she *hîʾ*. And *wattōʾmer*, what *titten*-to me if *tābôʾ* unto me?", "grammar": { "*wayyēṭ*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he turned aside", "*haddereḵ*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the way/road", "*wayyōʾmer*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said", "*hābāh*": "qal imperative, feminine singular - give/come", "*nāʾ*": "particle - please", "*ʾābôʾ*": "qal imperfect, 1st common singular - let me come in", "*lōʾ*": "negative particle - not", "*yādaʿ*": "qal perfect, 3rd masculine singular - he knew", "*kallātô*": "noun, feminine singular construct + 3rd masculine singular suffix - his daughter-in-law", "*hîʾ*": "3rd feminine singular personal pronoun - she", "*wattōʾmer*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she said", "*titten*": "qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you will give", "*tābôʾ*": "qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you come in" }, "variants": { "*wayyēṭ*": "and he turned aside/turned toward/approached", "*hābāh*": "come/give/let me", "*ʾābôʾ*": "let me come in/let me have relations with", "*yādaʿ*": "he knew/recognized/was aware", "*titten*": "you will give/provide/offer", "*tābôʾ*": "you come in/have relations with" } } 17 { "verseID": "Genesis.38.17", "source": "וַיֹּ֕אמֶר אָנֹכִ֛י אֲשַׁלַּ֥ח גְּדִֽי־עִזִּ֖ים מִן־הַצֹּ֑אן וַתֹּ֕אמֶר אִם־תִּתֵּ֥ן עֵרָב֖וֹן עַ֥ד שָׁלְחֶֽךָ", "text": "And *wayyōʾmer*, I *ʾăšallaḥ* *gədî*-*ʿizzîm* from the *haṣṣōʾn*. And *wattōʾmer*, if *tittēn* *ʿērābôn* until your *šālḥeḵā*", "grammar": { "*wayyōʾmer*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said", "*ʾăšallaḥ*": "piel imperfect, 1st common singular - I will send", "*gədî*": "noun, masculine singular construct - young goat of", "*ʿizzîm*": "noun, feminine plural - goats", "*haṣṣōʾn*": "definite article + noun, feminine singular - the flock", "*wattōʾmer*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she said", "*tittēn*": "qal imperfect, 2nd masculine singular - you will give", "*ʿērābôn*": "noun, masculine singular - pledge", "*šālḥeḵā*": "qal infinitive construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your sending" }, "variants": { "*ʾăšallaḥ*": "I will send/dispatch/deliver", "*gədî*": "young goat/kid", "*tittēn*": "you will give/provide/offer", "*ʿērābôn*": "pledge/security/guarantee", "*šālḥeḵā*": "your sending/until you send" } } 18 { "verseID": "Genesis.38.18", "source": "וַיֹּ֗אמֶר מָ֣ה הֽ͏ָעֵרָבוֹן֮ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶתֶּן־לָּךְ֒ וַתֹּ֗אמֶר חֹתָֽמְךָ֙ וּפְתִילֶ֔ךָ וּמַטְּךָ֖ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּיָדֶ֑ךָ וַיִּתֶּן־לָּ֛הּ וַיָּבֹ֥א אֵלֶ֖יהָ וַתַּ֥הַר לֽוֹ", "text": "And *wayyōʾmer*, what *hāʿērābôn* that *ʾettēn*-to you? And *wattōʾmer*, your *ḥōtāməḵā* and your *pətîleḵā* and your *maṭṭəḵā* which are in your *bəyādeḵā*. And *wayyittēn*-to her and *wayyābōʾ* unto her and *wattahar* by him", "grammar": { "*wayyōʾmer*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he said", "*hāʿērābôn*": "definite article + noun, masculine singular - the pledge", "*ʾettēn*": "qal imperfect, 1st common singular - I shall give", "*wattōʾmer*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she said", "*ḥōtāməḵā*": "noun, masculine singular construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your seal", "*pətîleḵā*": "noun, masculine singular construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your cord", "*maṭṭəḵā*": "noun, masculine singular construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - your staff", "*bəyādeḵā*": "preposition + noun, feminine singular construct + 2nd masculine singular suffix - in your hand", "*wayyittēn*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he gave", "*wayyābōʾ*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd masculine singular - and he went in", "*wattahar*": "waw-consecutive + qal imperfect, 3rd feminine singular - and she conceived" }, "variants": { "*hāʿērābôn*": "the pledge/security/guarantee", "*ʾettēn*": "I shall give/provide/offer", "*ḥōtāməḵā*": "your seal/signet ring", "*pətîleḵā*": "your cord/string/ribbon", "*maṭṭəḵā*": "your staff/rod/walking stick", "*wayyittēn*": "and he gave/provided/handed over", "*wayyābōʾ*": "and he went in/had relations with", "*wattahar*": "and she conceived/became pregnant" } }