What Does Judges 13:23 Mean?

“said”

to say (used with great latitude)

“But his wife”

a woman

“unto him If”

a conditional particle; if; by implication (interj. as a wish) would that!

“were pleased”

properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire

“the LORD”

(the) self-existent or eternal; jeho-vah, jewish national name of god

“to kill”

to die (literally or figuratively); causatively, to kill

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“us he would not have received”

to take (in the widest variety of applications)

“at our hands”

a hand (the open one [indicating power, means, direction, etc.], in distinction from h3709, the closed one); used (as noun, adverb, etc.) in a great v

“a burnt offering”

a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)

“and a meat offering”

a donation; euphemistically, tribute; specifically a sacrificial offering (usually bloodless and voluntary)

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“neither would he have shewed”

to see, literally or figuratively (in numerous applications, direct and implied, transitive, intransitive and causative)

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

these or those

“us all these things nor would as at this time”

time, especially (adverb with preposition) now, when, etc

not (the simple or abs. negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles

“have told”

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

“us such things as these”

this (often used adverb)