And he becameוַveryמְאֹדthirsty,יִּצְמָאand he calledוַיִּקְרָאtoאֶלYHWHיְהוָהand said,וַיֹּאמַר“Youאַתָּהhave givenנָתַתָּinto the handבְיַדof your servantעַבְדְּךָthisהַזֹּאתgreatהַגְּדֹלָהsalvation,אֶת הַתְּשׁוּעָהand nowוְעַתָּהshall I dieאָמוּתof thirstבַּצָּמָאand fallוְנָפַלְתִּיinto the handבְּיַדof the uncircumcised?”הָעֲרֵלִים
Judges 15:18
Study it in the app“And he became very thirsty, and he called to YHWH and said, “You have given into the hand of your servant this great salvation, and now shall I die of thirst and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised?””
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 15:18, word by word
- veryמְאֹדmeod
very
To a very high degree: the word that adds force to what is said.
Where else “meod” appears- thirstyיִּצְמָאyitsma
be thirsty
Be thirsty.
Where else “yitsma” appears- and he calledיִּקְרָאyikra
cry out
To shout to YHWH for help, call on his name.
Where else “yikra” appears- 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- and saidיֹּאמַרyomar
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomar” appears- have givenנָתַתָּnatata
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “natata” appears- into the handיַדyad
through
Literally "by the hand of": that person is the one who does it or carries it.
Where else “yad” appears- of your servantעַבְדְּavd
your servant
"Your servant": a humble way to say "I".
Where else “avd” appears- greatגְּדֹלָהgedola
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appears- salvationתְּשׁוּעָהteshua
deliverance
When YHWH rescues.
Where else “teshua” appears- shall I dieאָמוּתamut
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “amut” appears- of thirstצָּמָאtsama
thirst
Thirst.
Where else “tsama” appears- and fallנָפַלְתִּיnafalti
fall
To fall to the ground, or for a city to fall.
Where else “nafalti” appears- of the uncircumcisedעֲרֵלִיםarelim
uncircumcised
A man without the covenant sign; said with scorn.
Where else “arelim” appears
The context
17And it happened, when he had finished speaking, that he threw the jawbone from his hand, and he called that place Ramath-lehi.
18 · This verse (above)
19And Elohim split open the hollow that is in Lehi, and water came out of it, and he drank, and his spirit returned, and he revived. Therefore he called its name En-hakkore, which is in Lehi to this day.