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Judges 16:4 Interlinear

“ And it came to pass afterward that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek whose name was Delilah”

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Judges 16 with commentary

Word-by-Word Analysis

#	Original	Strong's	English	Definition
1	וַֽיְהִי֙	H1961		to exist, i.e., be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary)
2	אַֽחֲרֵי	H310	And it came to pass afterward	properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses)
3	כֵ֔ן	H3651		properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner
4	וַיֶּֽאֱהַ֥ב	H157	that he loved	to have affection for (sexually or otherwise)
5	אִשָּׁ֖ה	H802	a woman	a woman
6	בְּנַ֣חַל	H5158	in the valley	a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine)
7	שֹׂרֵ֑ק	H7796	of Sorek	sorek, a valley in palestine
8	וּשְׁמָ֖הּ	H8034	whose name	an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
9	דְּלִילָֽה׃	H1807	was Delilah	delilah, a philistine woman

Judges 16:4 (current) And it came to pass afterward that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek whose name was Delilah