After some daysמִיָּמִיםhe returnedוַיָּשָׁבto take her,לְקַחְתָּהּand he turned asideוַיָּסַרto seeלִרְאוֹתthe carcassאֵת מַפֶּלֶתof the lion;הָאַרְיֵהand look,וְהִנֵּהa swarmעֲדַתof beesדְּבוֹרִיםwasin the bodyבִּגְוִיַּתof the lion,הָאַרְיֵהand honey.וּדְבָשׁ
Judges 14:8
Study it in the app“After some days he returned to take her, and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion; and look, a swarm of bees was in the body of the lion, and honey.”
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Judges 14:8, word by word
- After some daysיָּמִיםyamim
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appears- he returnedיָּשָׁבyashav
return
To go back to a place.
Where else “yashav” appears- to take herקַחְתָּkachta
take a wife
"Take a wife": to marry.
Where else “kachta” appears- and he turned asideיָּסַרyasar
turn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “yasar” appears- to seeרְאוֹתreot
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “reot” appears- the carcassמַפֶּלֶתmapelet
carcass
The body of an animal that has fallen dead, a carcass.
Where else “mapelet” appears- of the lionאַרְיֵהarye
lion
Lion.
Where else “arye” appears- a swarmעֲדַתadat
swarm
A group of bees living together in a hive.
Where else “adat” appears- of beesדְּבוֹרִיםdevorim
bee
Bee.
Where else “devorim” appears- in the bodyגְוִיַּתgeviyat
corpse
The body of someone who has died, sometimes left unburied.
Where else “geviyat” appears- and honeyדְבָשׁdevash
honey
Honey; also sweet fruit syrup.
Where else “devash” appears
The context
7Then he went down and spoke to the woman, and she was right in the eyes of Samson.
8 · This verse (above)
9He scraped it out into his palms and went on, walking and eating; and he went to his father and to his mother and gave to them, and they ate; but he did not tell them that from the body of the lion he had scraped out the honey.