Study it in the app“And 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.”
And the Philistinesוַ פְלִשְׁתִּיםsaid,יֹּאמְרוּ“Whoמִיdidעָשָׂהthis?”זֹאתAnd they said,וַיֹּאמְרוּ“Samson,שִׁמְשׁוֹןthe son-in-lawחֲתַןof the Timnite,הַתִּמְנִיbecauseכִּיhe tookלָקַחhis wifeאֶת אִשְׁתּוֹand gave herוַיִּתְּנָהּto his companion.”לְמֵרֵעֵהוּSo the Philistinesוַ פְלִשְׁתִּיםcame upיַּעֲלוּand burnedוַיִּשְׂרְפוּherאוֹתָהּand her fatherוְאֶת אָבִיהָwith fire.בָּאֵשׁ
Philistines
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 “felishtim” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearsdo
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “asa” appearsSamson
Samson, son of Manoah, a Nazirite from birth and judge of Israel for twenty years. The name comes from the word for "sun."
Where else “shimshon” appearsson-in-law
The daughter's husband, who joins the family by marriage.
Where else “chatan” appearsTimnite
Timnite: a person from Timnah.
Where else “timni” appearsfetch
To take someone along, or go and fetch something.
Where else “lakach” appearswife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appearsgive
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “yitna” appearsfriend, adviser
Trusted friend, adviser.
Where else “meree” appearsgo up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaalu” appearsburn
Burn; bake in the fire.
Where else “yisrfu” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsfire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appears5He 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.
6 · This verse (above)
7And Samson said to them, “If you act like this, surely I will take vengeance on you, and after that I will cease.”
