Then his brothersאֶחָיוand allוְכָלthe houseבֵּיתof his fatherאָבִיהוּcame downוַיֵּרְדוּand tookוַיִּשְׂאוּhimאֹתוֹand brought him upוַיַּעֲלוּand buriedוַיִּקְבְּרוּhimאוֹתוֹbetweenבֵּיןZorahצָרְעָהandוּבֵיןEshtaolאֶשְׁתָּאֹלin the tombבְּקֶבֶרof Manoahמָנוֹחַhis father.אָבִיוHeוְהוּאhad judgedשָׁפַטIsraelאֶת יִשְׂרָאֵלtwentyעֶשְׂרִיםyears.שָׁנָה
Judges 16:31
Study it in the app“Then his brothers and all the house of his father came down and took him and brought him up and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of Manoah his father. He had judged Israel twenty years.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 16:31, word by word
- Then his brothersאֶחָיechay
brother
A son of the same father or the same mother.
Where else “echay” appears- the houseבֵּיתbet
household
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bet” appears- of his fatherאָבִיavi
father
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appears- came downיֵּרְדוּyerdu
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yerdu” appears- and tookיִּשְׂאוּyisu
lift up
To direct the eyes upward, make the voice loud, or put up the hand.
Where else “yisu” appears- and brought him upיַּעֲלוּyaalu
bring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “yaalu” appears- and buriedיִּקְבְּרוּyikbru
bury
Bury.
Where else “yikbru” appears- Zorahצָרְעָהtsara
Zorah
Zorah: a town of the Shephelah, between Judah and Dan; Samson came from there (Judges 13:2).
Where else “tsara” appears- Eshtaolאֶשְׁתָּאֹלeshtaol
Eshtaol
Eshtaol: a town of the Shephelah, between Judah and Dan.
Where else “eshtaol” appears- in the tombקֶבֶרkever
tomb
Tomb, grave.
Where else “kever” appears- of Manoahמָנוֹחַmanoach
Manoah
Manoah, of the tribe of Dan, the father of Samson. The name means "rest."
Where else “manoach” appears- had judgedשָׁפַטshafat
govern
To rule the people, like Gideon or Samuel.
Where else “shafat” appears- Israelיִשְׂרָאֵלyisrael
Israel
Israel, the new name Jacob received from God, explained as "you have striven with God" (Genesis 32:28); then the name of the people that came from him and, after the division, of the northern kingdom.
Where else “yisrael” appears- twentyעֶשְׂרִיםesrim
twenty
Twenty; also "twentieth".
Where else “esrim” appears- yearsשָׁנָהshana
year
Each full turn of the seasons, by which time is counted.
Where else “shana” appears
The context
30And Samson said, “Let my soul die with the Philistines!” And he pushed with force, and the house fell on the lords and on all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he put to death at his death were more than those he had put to death in his life.
31 · This verse (above)