Judges 14:9

“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.”

Judges 14:9 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Judges 14:9, word by word

He scraped it outיִּרְדֵּyirde

scrape out

To scoop honey from the comb.

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his palmsכַּפָּיkapay

palm

The flat, hollow part of the hand; also what someone does or can do with it.

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and went onיֵּלֶךְyelech

go

To head for a place, to leave where one is in order to reach another.

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walkingהָלוֹךְhaloch

go

To move on foot from place to place; to set out.

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and eatingאָכֹלachol

eat

To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.

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his fatherאָבִיavi

father

The man who begets a child and heads his household.

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his motherאִמּim

mother

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

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and gaveיִּתֵּןyiten

give

To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.

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tellהִגִּידhigid

tell

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

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from the bodyגְּוִיַּתgeviyat

corpse

The body of someone who has died, sometimes left unburied.

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of the lionאַרְיֵהarye

lion

Lion.

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the honeyדְּבָשׁdevash

honey

Honey; also sweet fruit syrup.

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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.

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