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And it happened,וַיְהִיwhen they sawכִּרְאוֹתָםhim,אוֹתוֹthat they tookוַיִּקְחוּthirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםcompanions,מֵרֵעִיםand they wereוַיִּהְיוּwith him.אִתּוֹ
Judges 14:11
Study it in the app“And it happened, when they saw him, that they took thirty companions, and they were with him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 14:11, word by word
- And it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- when they sawרְאוֹתָreota
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reota” appears- that they tookיִּקְחוּyikchu
fetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “yikchu” appears- thirtyשְׁלֹשִׁיםsheloshim
thirty
Thirty; also "thirtieth".
Where else “sheloshim” appears- companionsמֵרֵעִיםmereim
friend, adviser
Trusted friend, adviser.
Where else “mereim” appears
The context
10His father went down to the woman, and Samson made a feast there, for so the young men used to do.
11 · This verse (above)
12And Samson said to them, “Let me propose to you, please, a riddle. If you do explain it to me within the seven days of the feast and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothes.