Hebrew Interlinear

Judges 16:3 Interlinear

lay And Samson at midnight and arose at midnight and took the doors of the gate of the city and the two posts and went away with them bar and all and put them upon his shoulders and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron

Word-by-Word Analysis

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1וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣בH7901layto lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose)
2שִׁמְשׁוֹן֮H8123And Samsonshimshon, an israelite
3עַדH5704as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
4בַּֽחֲצִ֣יH2677at midnightthe half or middle
5הַלַּיְלָה֒H3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity
6וַיָּ֣קָם׀H6965and aroseto rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative)
7בַּֽחֲצִ֣יH2677at midnightthe half or middle
8הַלַּ֗יְלָהH3915properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity
9וַיֶּֽאֱחֹ֞זH270and tookto seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
10בְּדַלְת֤וֹתH1817the doorssomething swinging, i.e., the valve of a door
11שַֽׁעַרH8179of the gatean opening, i.e., door or gate
12הָעִיר֙H5892of the citya city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
13וּבִשְׁתֵּ֣יH8147and the twotwo; also (as ordinal) twofold
14הַמְּזֻז֔וֹתH4201postsa door-post (as prominent)
15וַיִּסָּעֵם֙H5265and went awayproperly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e., start on a journey
16עִֽםH5973adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then
17הַבְּרִ֔יחַH1280with them bara bolt
18וַיָּ֖שֶׂםH7760and all and putto put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
19עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
20כְּתֵפָ֑יוH3802them upon his shouldersthe shoulder (proper, i.e., upper end of the arm; as being the spot where the garments hang); figuratively, side-piece or lateral projection of anythi
21וַֽיַּעֲלֵם֙H5927and carried them upto ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
22אֶלH413near, with or among; often in general, to
23רֹ֣אשׁH7218to the topthe head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
24הָהָ֔רH2022of an hilla mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively)
25אֲשֶׁ֖רH834who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc
26עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
27פְּנֵ֥יH6440that is beforethe face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi
28חֶבְרֽוֹן׃H2275Hebronchebron, the name of two israelites

Verse Context

Judges 16:2And it was told the Gazites saying is come Samson hither And they compassed him in...
Judges 16:3 (current)lay And Samson at midnight and arose at midnight and took the doors of the gate of the city and the two posts and went away with them bar and all and put them upon his shoulders and carried them up to the top of an hill that is before Hebron
Judges 16:4 And it came to pass afterward that he loved a woman in the valley...

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