Judges 13:24

“And the woman bore a son and called his name Samson. And the boy grew, and YHWH blessed him.”

Judges 13:24 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Judges 13:24, word by word

And the womanאִשָּׁהisha

woman

An adult female person: single, married or widowed.

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boreתֵּלֶדteled

bear

To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.

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a sonבֵּןben

son

The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.

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and calledתִּקְרָאtikra

call

To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.

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his nameשְׁמshem

name

The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.

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Samsonשִׁמְשׁוֹןshimshon

Samson

Samson, son of Manoah, a Nazirite from birth and judge of Israel for twenty years. The name comes from the word for "sun."

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And the boyנַּעַרnaar

boy

A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.

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grewיִּגְדַּלyigdal

grow up

To get bigger, become an adult; to bring up a child.

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and YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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blessed himיְבָרְכֵyevarche

bless

God gives good things: life, children, harvests.

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The context

23But his wife said to him, “If YHWH had wanted to put us to death, he would not have accepted from our hand a burnt offering and a grain offering, and he would not have shown us all these things, and he would not now have let us hear things like this.”

24 · This verse (above)

25And the spirit of YHWH began to stir him in Mahaneh-dan, between Zorah and Eshtaol.

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