Study it in the app“He set fire to the torches and let them loose into the standing grain of the Philistines, and he burned up from the stacked grain to the standing grain and to the olive groves.”
He set fireוַיַּבְעֶר אֵשׁto the torchesבַּלַּפִּידִיםand let them looseוַיְשַׁלַּחinto the standing grainבְּקָמוֹתof the Philistines,פְּלִשְׁתִּיםand he burned upוַיַּבְעֵרfrom the stacked grainמִגָּדִישׁtoוְעַדthe standing grainקָמָהand toוְעַדthe olive groves.כֶּרֶם זָיִת
burn
For fire to be lit, or to make something be consumed in flames.
Where else “yaver” appearsfire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appearstorch, flame
Torch, flame; also lightning.
Where else “lapidim” appearslet go
To set free, release.
Where else “yeshalach” appearsstanding grain
Standing grain: grain not yet cut.
Where else “kamot” appearsPhilistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “pelishtim” appearssheaf
A pile of reaped bundles.
Where else “gadish” appearsvineyard
Vineyard.
Where else “kerem” appearsolive tree
A tree with silvery leaves that yields fruit and oil; very common in Israel.
Where else “zayit” appears4And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned them tail to tail and put one torch between the two tails, in the middle.
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6And the Philistines said, “Who did this?” And they said, “Samson, the son-in-law of the Timnite, because he took his wife and gave her to his companion.” So the Philistines came up and burned her and her father with fire.
