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And Samsonוַ שִׁמְשׁוֹןsaidיֹּאמֶרto them,לָהֶם“Ifאִםyou actתַּעֲשׂוּןlike this,כָּזֹאתsurelyכִּי אִםI will take vengeanceנִקַּמְתִּיon you,בָכֶםand after thatוְאַחַרI will cease.”אֶחְדָּל
Judges 15:7
Study it in the app“And Samson said to them, “If you act like this, surely I will take vengeance on you, and after that I will cease.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 15:7, word by word
- And Samsonשִׁמְשׁוֹןshimshon
Samson
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” appears- saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- you actתַּעֲשׂוּtaasu
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “taasu” appears- I will take vengeanceנִקַּמְתִּיnikamti
avenge
Avenge: make someone pay for the wrong done; take vengeance.
Where else “nikamti” appears- I will ceaseאֶחְדָּלechdal
cease, stop
Stop doing something, cease; leave off.
Where else “echdal” appears
The context
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.
7 · This verse (above)
8He struck them leg on thigh, a great blow; and he went down and stayed in the cleft of the crag of Etam.