Judges 15:16

Paleo Hebrew Niqqud

RBT Hebrew Interlinear:

ויאמר וַיֹּאמֶר

and he is saying

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ו

wāw

Definition

sequential 'and'

Root

From H8505; a prefix

Exhaustive

Vav Conversive/Consecutive: The category “vav conversive / vav consecutive” is not an ancient grammatical datum; it is a modern explanatory construct, developed by early Hebraists to force Biblical Hebrew into a Latin/chronological tense model that it simply does not share.

The notion arose in early modern grammar (17th–19th c.) when scholars assumed:
- verbs must encode tense,
- narratives must advance by past → present → future,
- therefore Hebrew forms that “don’t behave” must be converted.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

אמר

ʼâmar

Definition

to say (used with great latitude)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude); answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, [phrase] (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, [idiom] desire, determine, [idiom] expressly, [idiom] indeed, [idiom] intend, name, [idiom] plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), [idiom] still, [idiom] suppose, talk, tell, term, [idiom] that is, [idiom] think, use (speech), utter, [idiom] verily, [idiom] yet.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H559

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אָמַר

verb • Root אמר • Strongs_Numbers • Page 155

1. (not used) to stand prominently upwards, to project upwards, hence to be elevated. 2. to say, to speak, to command; to press out sounds from within.

אָמַר

verb • Root אמר • Strongs_Numbers • Page 755

to say, speak

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אָמַר

verb • Root אמר • Page 58

1. to say (dico). Differs from דבר (to speak) in that אָמַר is almost uniformly followed by the words spoken (Lev. 1:2; Gen. 44:16). 2. to think. (Speaking and thinking).

אָמַר

verb • Root אמר • Page 59

To command (Est 1:17, 1 Chr 21:17); to praise (Ps 40:11). Niph.: to be said, to be called holy (Is 4:3). Hiph.: to declare solemnly, to promise (Deut 26:17, 18). Hithpa.: to boast one's self (Ps 94:4), or to exercise dominion.

conjunctive, Verb Qal sequential imperfect third person masculine singular

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0559:

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שמשון שִׁמְשׁוֹן

Inner Sunlight

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

שמשון

Shimshôwn

Definition

Shimshon, an Israelite

Root

from H8121 (שמש); sunlight;

Exhaustive

from שמש; sunlight; Shimshon, an Israelite; Samson.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H8123

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

שִׁמְשׁוֹן

noun proper masculine • Root שמש • Strongs / High • Page 1455

Proper name of a man (Samson), meaning 'the distinguished' or 'the hero,' derived from the verb meaning 'to shine' or 'light-ether.'

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

שִׁמְשׁוֹן

proper name • Root שמש • Page 689

Samson, the proper name of an Israelitish judge, the Hercules of the Hebrews. Judg. 13: 24 ff. Diminutive of שֶׁמֶשׁ (the sun).

Noun proper name masculine

LXX: σαμψων

LXX Usage Statistics

H8123:

σαμψων 38× (100.0%)

בלחי בִּלְחִי

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ב

bə

Definition

in, by

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(beth) — in / within / by means of

Core value: interiority, enclosure, participation

ב does not primarily mean “in time” (“when”) or even “in space.” It marks being inside a domain, whether that domain is:
- spatial (house, land),
- conceptual (wisdom, covenant),
- modal (strength, fear),
- instrumental (by means of).
Aonically, ב marks immersion.
not “when X happened” but “within the state or field of X.”
This is why ב־יום does not need to mean “on the day (chronological)” but “within the day-realm / condition”.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

לחי

lᵉchîy

Definition

the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone

Root

from an unused root meaning to be soft;

Exhaustive

from an unused root meaning to be soft; the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone; cheek (bone), jaw (bone).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3895

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

לְחִי

noun masculine • Root לחח • Strongs / High • Page 781

1. Properly the sprouting hair on the chin, then: the bearded chin, the cheek, the jaw-bone of animals. 2. N.p. of a rocky district in the mountains of Judah.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

לְחִי

noun feminine • Page 344

1. a jaw-bone. Judg. 15:15-17. Job 40:26. Ps. 3:8. 2. a cheek. To be smitten on the cheek is a sign of humiliation and disgrace, Mic. 4:14. 1 K. 22:24. Lam. 3:30. 3. proper name of a country on the borders of Philistia. Judg. 15:9, 14, 19. more full רָמַת לֶחִי verse 17.

Preposition, Noun common both singular construct

LXX: σιαγόνα σιαγόνασ σιαγόνεσ σιαγόνι

LXX Usage Statistics

H3895:

σιαγόνα 7× (32.1%)

σιαγόνασ 3× (11.8%)

σιαγόνεσ 2× (10.5%)

σιαγόνι 2× (8.9%)

החמור הַחֲמוֹר

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ה

Definition

the

Root

Demonstrative primitive

Exhaustive

definite article, the, used for all numbers and genders; originally a pronoun demonstrative, this. interrogative particle in direct and indirect questions; in disjunctive questions: whether--or.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

חמור

chămôwr

Definition

a male ass (from its dun red)

Root

or (shortened) חמר; from H2560 (חמר);

Exhaustive

or (shortened) חמר; from חמר; a male ass (from its dun red); (he) ass.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2543

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חֲמוֹר or חֲמֹר

noun masculine • Consonantal / Low • Page 497

1. an ass, a beast of burden. 2. a homer, a measure of about 11 bushels. 3. a heap. 4. a proper name (Asellus, Asinius).

Matched after stripping common prefixes

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חֲמוֹר

noun masculine • Root חמר • Page 234

a he-ass (Gen. 49:14, Ex. 13:13). Named perhaps from its reddish colour.

חֲמוֹר

noun masculine • Root חמר • Page 234

i.q. חֹמֶר no. III. a heap (Judg. 15:16).

Particle definite article, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ὄνον ὄνου ὄνουσ ὄνοι ὑποζυγίου

LXX Usage Statistics

H2543:

ὄνον 16× (16.5%)

ὄνου 12× (13.9%)

ὄνουσ 11× (11.0%)

ὄνοι 9× (9.7%)

ὑποζυγίου 6× (6.2%)

ὄνοσ 6× (6.0%)

ὄνων 6× (5.8%)

ὑποζύγιον 5× (5.7%)

ὑποζύγια 4× (4.0%)

ὄνοισ 3× (3.1%)

חמור חֲמוֹר

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

חמרה

chămôrâh

Definition

a heap

Root

from H2560 (חמר) (compare H2563 (חמר));

Exhaustive

from חמר (compare חמר); a heap; heap.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2565

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חֲמֹרָה

feminine noun • Root חמר • Strongs / High • Page 500

Heaps, packs (only found in the dual form חֲמֹרָתַיִם).

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H2565:

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חמרתים חֲמֹרָתָיִם

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

חמרה

chămôrâh

Definition

a heap

Root

from H2560 (חמר) (compare H2563 (חמר));

Exhaustive

from חמר (compare חמר); a heap; heap.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2565

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חֲמֹרָה

feminine noun • Root חמר • Strongs / High • Page 500

Heaps, packs (only found in the dual form חֲמֹרָתַיִם).

Noun common feminine dual absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H2565:

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בלחי בִּלְחִי

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ב

bə

Definition

in, by

Root

A primitive particle; a prefix

Exhaustive

(beth) — in / within / by means of

Core value: interiority, enclosure, participation

ב does not primarily mean “in time” (“when”) or even “in space.” It marks being inside a domain, whether that domain is:
- spatial (house, land),
- conceptual (wisdom, covenant),
- modal (strength, fear),
- instrumental (by means of).
Aonically, ב marks immersion.
not “when X happened” but “within the state or field of X.”
This is why ב־יום does not need to mean “on the day (chronological)” but “within the day-realm / condition”.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

לחי

lᵉchîy

Definition

the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone

Root

from an unused root meaning to be soft;

Exhaustive

from an unused root meaning to be soft; the cheek (from its fleshiness); hence, the jaw-bone; cheek (bone), jaw (bone).

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H3895

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

לְחִי

noun masculine • Root לחח • Strongs / High • Page 781

1. Properly the sprouting hair on the chin, then: the bearded chin, the cheek, the jaw-bone of animals. 2. N.p. of a rocky district in the mountains of Judah.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

לְחִי

noun feminine • Page 344

1. a jaw-bone. Judg. 15:15-17. Job 40:26. Ps. 3:8. 2. a cheek. To be smitten on the cheek is a sign of humiliation and disgrace, Mic. 4:14. 1 K. 22:24. Lam. 3:30. 3. proper name of a country on the borders of Philistia. Judg. 15:9, 14, 19. more full רָמַת לֶחִי verse 17.

Preposition, Noun common both singular construct

LXX: σιαγόνα σιαγόνασ σιαγόνεσ σιαγόνι

LXX Usage Statistics

H3895:

σιαγόνα 7× (32.1%)

σιαγόνασ 3× (11.8%)

σιαγόνεσ 2× (10.5%)

σιαγόνι 2× (8.9%)

החמור הַחֲמוֹר

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

ה

Definition

the

Root

Demonstrative primitive

Exhaustive

definite article, the, used for all numbers and genders; originally a pronoun demonstrative, this. interrogative particle in direct and indirect questions; in disjunctive questions: whether--or.

Source: The Aonic Nature of Biblical Hebrew Prepositions

חמור

chămôwr

Definition

a male ass (from its dun red)

Root

or (shortened) חמר; from H2560 (חמר);

Exhaustive

or (shortened) חמר; from חמר; a male ass (from its dun red); (he) ass.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H2543

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

חֲמוֹר or חֲמֹר

noun masculine • Consonantal / Low • Page 497

1. an ass, a beast of burden. 2. a homer, a measure of about 11 bushels. 3. a heap. 4. a proper name (Asellus, Asinius).

Matched after stripping common prefixes

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

חֲמוֹר

noun masculine • Root חמר • Page 234

a he-ass (Gen. 49:14, Ex. 13:13). Named perhaps from its reddish colour.

חֲמוֹר

noun masculine • Root חמר • Page 234

i.q. חֹמֶר no. III. a heap (Judg. 15:16).

Particle definite article, Noun common both singular absolute

LXX: ὄνον ὄνου ὄνουσ ὄνοι ὑποζυγίου

LXX Usage Statistics

H2543:

ὄνον 16× (16.5%)

ὄνου 12× (13.9%)

ὄνουσ 11× (11.0%)

ὄνοι 9× (9.7%)

ὑποζυγίου 6× (6.2%)

ὄνοσ 6× (6.0%)

ὄνων 6× (5.8%)

ὑποζύγιον 5× (5.7%)

ὑποζύγια 4× (4.0%)

ὄνοισ 3× (3.1%)

הכיתי הִכֵּיתִי

None

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

נכה

nâkâh

Definition

to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively)

Root

a primitive root;

Exhaustive

a primitive root; to strike (lightly or severely, literally or figuratively); beat, cast forth, clap, give (wounds), [idiom] go forward, [idiom] indeed, kill, make (slaughter), murderer, punish, slaughter, slay(-er, -ing), smite(-r, -ing), strike, be stricken, (give) stripes, [idiom] surely, wound.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H5221

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

נָכָה

verb • Root נך • Strongs / High • Page 969

(Kal not used) tr. to strike, to hurt, to injure, hence to destroy, to kill; figurat. to strike down, to vex. Nif. (נִכָּה) to be smitten or slain. Pih. (נִכָּה) to smite, to make war upon. Puh. (נֻכָּה) to be smitten.

נָכָה

verb • Root נכה • Strongs / High • Page 970

To be smitten, to be beaten down. Hif. (הִכָּה): to strike, smite, chastise, torment, punish, kill, tear in pieces, destroy, afflict. Hof. (הֻכָּה, pass. of Hif.): to be beaten, chastised, punished, visited, killed, stormed, conquered.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

נָכָה

verb • Page 442

in Kal not used.

Verb Hiphil perfect first person common singular

LXX: ἐπάταξεν ἐπάταξαν αὐτοὺσ πατάξῃ πατάξω

LXX Usage Statistics

H5221:

ἐπάταξεν 157× (28.3%)

ἐπάταξαν 38× (6.9%)

αὐτοὺσ 29× (4.3%)

πατάξῃ 19× (3.4%)

πατάξω 18× (3.4%)

πατάξαι 17× (3.3%)

'' 14× (2.4%)

ἐπάταξα 11× (2.1%)

ἐπάταξασ 11× (2.2%)

πατάξεισ 10× (1.8%)

אלף אֶלֶף

a thousand

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

אלף

ʼeleph

Definition

hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand

Root

prop, the same as H504 (אלף);

Exhaustive

prop, the same as אלף; hence (the ox's head being the first letter of the alphabet, and this eventually used as a numeral) a thousand; thousand.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H505

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אֶלֶף

noun masculine • Strongs_Numbers • Page 143

Oxen, heifers, cattle for the yoke; tame house-animals; the name of the first letter of the alphabet.

אֶלֶף

numeral / noun masculine • Root אלף • Strongs_Numbers • Page 144

As a numeral, a thousand; properly the union of many individuals, a mass; then fixed to a definite number.

אֶלֶף

noun masculine • Root אלף • Strongs_Numbers • Page 144

Properly a union of family members, therefore association of the members of a family or tribe, larger communities into which every race was divided; a smaller division of a tribe or race.

אֶלֶף

noun proper • Root אלף • Strongs_Numbers • Page 144

A city in Benjamin's territory (Josh. 18, 28).

אֶלֶף

unknown • Strongs_Numbers • Page 145

see אַלּוּף

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אֶלֶף

masc. epicene / dec. vi. b. • Root אלף • Page 54

I. ox, animal of the ox kind. Deut. 7: 13. 28: 4. Ps. 8: 8. Perhaps denoting literally tame cattle.

אֶלֶף

m. prim. dec. vi. b. • Page 54

II. 1. thousand. Dual אַלְפַּיִם. Plur. אֲלָפִים. 2. family, subdivision of a tribe, originally of a thousand, i. q. מִשְׁפָּחָה. Judg. 6: 15. 1 Sam. 10: 19. 23: 23.

Noun common both singular construct

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0505:

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איש אִישׁ׃

a man/each one

STRONGS

Strong's Lexicon

איש

ʼîysh

Definition

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)

Root

contracted for H582 (אנוש) (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant);

Exhaustive

contracted for אנוש (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); 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); also, another, any (man), a certain, [phrase] champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), [phrase] none, one, people, person, [phrase] steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare אשה.

Source: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance — H376

Fürst

Fürst Lexicon

אִישׁ

noun masculine • Root אש • Strongs_Numbers • Page 117

1. a man, prop. strong; generally a man with relation to strength, courage and valour; a husband; with reference to sex, male, masculine (applied to men and beasts).

אִישׁ

noun masculine • Root אנש • Strongs_Numbers • Page 119

Used distributively as 'any one', 'each', 'every one'; used reciprocally as 'one another' (lit. a man to his brother); also used to express an antithetic or additional member.

אִישׁ

noun masculine • Root אנש • Strongs_Numbers • Page 929

Man. Example of a word where Nun is absorbed, from an older form אִנְשׁ.

Gesenius

Gesenius Lexicon

אִישׁ

m. prim. irreg. • Root אנש אנוש • Page 46

1. man, i. q. Lat. vir; used collectively; often in apposition before other substantives (e.g., אִישׁ סָרִיס an eunuch, Jer. 38:7). Used as a designation of sex, even in animals (Gen. 7:2); hence a husband (Gen. 3:16). 2. joined with substantives to denote a possessor of a quality (e.g., אִישׁ אָוֶן a wicked wretch). 3. followed by אָח or רֵעַ, 'the one... the other'. 4. any one, some one (Ex. 16:29). 5. every one (Ex. 16:29). 6. used impersonally like French 'on' or German 'man' (1 Sam. 9:9).

Noun common both singular absolute

LXX:

LXX Usage Statistics

H0376:

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RBT Translation:

No verse found

RBT Paraphrase:
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Julia Smith Literal 1876 Translation:
And Samson will say, With the jaw-bone of the ass, a heap, two heaps, with the jaw-bone of the ass I struck a thousand men.

LITV Translation:
And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, a heap, two heaps, with the jawbone of an ass I have killed a thousand men.

Brenton Septuagint Translation:
And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass I have utterly destroyed them, For with the jawbone of an ass I have smitten a thousand men.