Judges 14:1

“Samson went down to Timnah, and saw a woman in Timnah, of the daughters of the Philistines.”

Judges 14:1 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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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went downיֵּרֶדyered

go down

To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.

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to Timnahתִּמְנָתָtimnata

Timnah

Timnah, the name of two towns, one in the hill country of Judah.

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and sawיַּרְאyar

see

To see with one's eyes.

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a womanאִשָּׁהisha

woman

An adult female person: single, married or widowed.

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of the daughtersבְּנוֹתbenot

daughter

A girl or woman born of her parents, who belongs to her father's house.

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of the Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיםpelishtim

Philistines

Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.

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2He came up and told his father and his mother, and said, “A woman I have seen in Timnah, of the daughters of the Philistines; now take her for me as a wife.”

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