He scraped it outוַיִּרְדֵּהוּintoאֶלhis palmsכַּפָּיוand went on,וַיֵּלֶךְwalkingהָלוֹךְand eating;וְאָכֹלand he wentוַיֵּלֶךְtoאֶלhis fatherאָבִיוand toוְאֶלhis motherאִמּוֹand gaveוַיִּתֵּןto them,לָהֶםand they ate;וַיֹּאכֵלוּbutוְhe did notלֹאtellהִגִּידthemלָהֶםthatכִּיfrom the bodyמִגְּוִיַּתof the lionהָאַרְיֵהhe had scraped outרָדָהthe honey.הַדְּבָשׁ
Judges 14:9
Study it in the app“He 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 14:9, word by word
- He scraped it outיִּרְדֵּyirde
scrape out
To scoop honey from the comb.
Where else “yirde” appears- his palmsכַּפָּיkapay
palm
The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.
Where else “kapay” appears- and went onיֵּלֶךְyelech
go
To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.
Where else “yelech” appears- walkingהָלוֹךְhaloch
go
To move on foot from place to place; to set out.
Where else “haloch” appears- and eatingאָכֹלachol
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “achol” appears- his fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- his motherאִמּim
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “im” appears- and gaveיִּתֵּןyiten
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yiten” appears- tellהִגִּידhigid
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “higid” appears- from the bodyגְּוִיַּתgeviyat
corpse
The body of someone who has died, sometimes left unburied.
Where else “geviyat” appears- of the lionאַרְיֵהarye
lion
Lion.
Where else “arye” appears- the honeyדְּבָשׁdevash
honey
Honey; also sweet fruit syrup.
Where else “devash” appears
The context
8After 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.
9 · This verse (above)
10His father went down to the woman, and Samson made a feast there, for so the young men used to do.