Judges 14:6

“And the spirit of YHWH came powerfully upon him, and he tore it apart as one tears apart a young goat, and he had nothing in his hand; but he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.”

Judges 14:6 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Judges 14:6, word by word

And the spiritרוּחַruach

Spirit of God

The spirit of Elohim or YHWH: his presence and power.

Where else “ruach” appears
of 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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came powerfullyתִּצְלַחtitslach

come mightily

For YHWH's spirit to come mightily.

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and he tore it apartיְשַׁסְּעֵyeshase

split

To cleave in two; the divided hoof.

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a young goatגְּדִיgedi

young goat

Young goat, kid.

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he had nothingמְאוּמָהmeuma

anything

Something, anything; with "not", nothing.

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in his handיָדyad

power

Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.

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tellהִגִּידhigid

tell

To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.

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his fatherאָבִיavi

father

The man who begets a child and heads his household.

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or his motherאִמּim

mother

The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.

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he had doneעָשָׂהasa

do

To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.

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The context

5Samson went down, and his father and his mother, to Timnah, and they came as far as the vineyards of Timnah; and look, a young lion came roaring to meet him.

6 · This verse (above)

7Then he went down and spoke to the woman, and she was right in the eyes of Samson.

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