Judges 14:8

“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.”

Judges 14:8 · direct translation from the Hebrew
Study it in the app

With the Hebrew beneath

8

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.

Read all of Judges 14

How to use it