Hebrew Interlinear

Judges 15:16 Interlinear

“said And Samson With the jawbone of an ass heaps heaps With the jawbone of an ass have I slain a thousand men”

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Judges 15 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַיֹּ֣אמֶר	H559	said	to say (used with great latitude)
2	שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן	H8123	And Samson	shimshon, an israelite
3	בִּלְחִ֣י	H3895	With the jawbone	the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone
4	הַֽחֲמ֔וֹר	H2543	of an ass	a male ass (from its dun red)
5	חֲמֹֽרָתָ֑יִם	H2565	heaps	a heap
6	חֲמֹֽרָתָ֑יִם	H2565	heaps	a heap
7	בִּלְחִ֣י	H3895	With the jawbone	the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone
8	הַֽחֲמ֔וֹר	H2543	of an ass	a male ass (from its dun red)
9	הִכֵּ֖יתִי	H5221	have I slain	to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)
10	אֶ֥לֶף	H505	a thousand	hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand
11	אִֽישׁ׃	H376	men	a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

Judges 15:16 (current)said And Samson With the jawbone of an ass heaps heaps With the jawbone of an ass have I slain a thousand men