And her fatherוַ אָבִיהָsaid,יֹּאמֶר“I reallyאָמֹרthoughtאָמַרְתִּיthatכִּיyou utterlyשָׂנֹאhated her,שְׂנֵאתָהּso I gave herוָאֶתְּנֶנָּהto your companion.לְמֵרֵעֶךָIs notהֲלֹאherהּyoungerהַקְּטַנָּהsisterאֲחֹתָbetterטוֹבָהthan she?מִמֶּנָּהLet her beתְּהִיyours,לְךָplease,נָאinstead of her.”תַּחְתֶּיהָ
Judges 15:2
Study it in the app“And her father said, “I really thought that you utterly hated her, so I gave her to your companion. Is not her younger sister better than she? Let her be yours, please, instead of her.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 15:2, word by word
- And her fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- you utterlyשָׂנֹאsano
hate
To feel rejection and hostility toward someone, to the point of wishing him harm.
Where else “sano” appears- so I gave herאֶתְּנֶetne
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “etne” appears- to your companionמֵרֵעֶmeree
friend, adviser
Trusted friend, adviser.
Where else “meree” appears- youngerקְּטַנָּהketana
youngest
The youngest son or daughter of the family, the last one born.
Where else “ketana” appears- sisterאֲחֹתָachota
sister
A woman who has the same parents as another person, or belongs to their family.
Where else “achota” appears- betterטוֹבָהtova
better
Worth more or more profitable than something it is compared with.
Where else “tova” appears- Let her beתְּהִיtehi
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “tehi” appears
The context
1And it happened after some days, in the days of the wheat harvest, that Samson visited his wife with a young goat; and he said, “I will go in to my wife in the room.” But her father did not let him go in.
2 · This verse (above)
3And Samson said to them, “This time I am innocent toward the Philistines, when I do them harm.”