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
| # | Original | Strong's | English | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣ב | H7901 | lay | to lie down (for rest, sexual connection, decease or any other purpose) |
| 2 | שִׁמְשׁוֹן֮ | H8123 | And Samson | shimshon, an israelite |
| 3 | עַד | H5704 | as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with) | |
| 4 | בַּֽחֲצִ֣י | H2677 | at midnight | the half or middle |
| 5 | הַלַּיְלָה֒ | H3915 | properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity | |
| 6 | וַיָּ֣קָם׀ | H6965 | and arose | to rise (in various applications, literal, figurative, intensive and causative) |
| 7 | בַּֽחֲצִ֣י | H2677 | at midnight | the half or middle |
| 8 | הַלַּ֗יְלָה | H3915 | properly, a twist (away of the light), i.e., night; figuratively, adversity | |
| 9 | וַיֶּֽאֱחֹ֞ז | H270 | and took | to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession) |
| 10 | בְּדַלְת֤וֹת | H1817 | the doors | something swinging, i.e., the valve of a door |
| 11 | שַֽׁעַר | H8179 | of the gate | an opening, i.e., door or gate |
| 12 | הָעִיר֙ | H5892 | of the city | a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post) |
| 13 | וּבִשְׁתֵּ֣י | H8147 | and the two | two; also (as ordinal) twofold |
| 14 | הַמְּזֻז֔וֹת | H4201 | posts | a door-post (as prominent) |
| 15 | וַיִּסָּעֵם֙ | H5265 | and went away | properly, to pull up, especially the tent-pins, i.e., start on a journey |
| 16 | עִֽם | H5973 | adverb or preposition, with (i.e., in conjunction with), in varied applications; specifically, equally with; often with prepositional prefix (and then | |
| 17 | הַבְּרִ֔יחַ | H1280 | with them bar | a bolt |
| 18 | וַיָּ֖שֶׂם | H7760 | and all and put | to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically) |
| 19 | עַל | H5921 | above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | |
| 20 | כְּתֵפָ֑יו | H3802 | them upon his shoulders | the 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 |
| 21 | וַֽיַּעֲלֵם֙ | H5927 | and carried them up | to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative |
| 22 | אֶל | H413 | near, with or among; often in general, to | |
| 23 | רֹ֣אשׁ | H7218 | to the top | the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.) |
| 24 | הָהָ֔ר | H2022 | of an hill | a mountain or range of hills (sometimes used figuratively) |
| 25 | אֲשֶׁ֖ר | H834 | who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc | |
| 26 | עַל | H5921 | above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications | |
| 27 | פְּנֵ֥י | H6440 | that is before | the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi |
| 28 | חֶבְרֽוֹן׃ | H2275 | Hebron | chebron, 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...