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And they said unto him, We are come down to bind thee, that we may deliver thee into the hand of the Philistines. And Samson said unto them, Swear unto me, that ye will not fall upon me yourselves. (KJV)

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וַיֹּ֤אמְרוּvai.Yo.me.ruand they said

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Plural (HVqw3mp)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Judges 15:12 word 1

לֶאֱסָרְךָ֣le.'e.sa.re.Khato bind you

Lemma: אָסַר (a.sar) · Strong's: H0631

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to bind

Used 70 times. Also: Genesis 39:20, Genesis 40:3, Genesis 40:5, Genesis 42:16, Genesis 42:19, Genesis 42:24 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0631; TAHOT Judges 15:12 word 2

יָרַ֔דְנוּya.Rad.nuwe have come down

Lemma: יָרַד (ya.rad) · Strong's: H3381

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Perfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · First · Either gender · Plural (HVqp1cp)

Meaning: to go down

Used 378 times. Also: Genesis 11:5, Genesis 11:7, Genesis 12:10, Genesis 15:11, Genesis 18:21, Genesis 24:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3381; TAHOT Judges 15:12 word 3

לְתִתְּךָ֖le.ti.te.Khato give you

Lemma: נָתַן (na.tan) · Strong's: H5414G

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Infinitive · Construct (HVqcc)

Meaning: to give: give

Used 1312 times. Also: Genesis 1:29, Genesis 3:6, Genesis 3:12, Genesis 4:12, Genesis 9:2, Genesis 9:3 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5414G; TAHOT Judges 15:12 word 4

בְּיַד\־be.yad-in [the] hand of

Lemma: יָד (yad) · Strong's: H3027H

Parsing: Noun · Common · Either gender · Singular · Construct (HNcbsc)

Meaning: hand: power

Used 578 times. Also: Genesis 14:20, Genesis 16:6, Genesis 27:17, Genesis 30:35, Genesis 31:29, Genesis 32:11 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3027H; TAHOT Judges 15:12 word 5

פְּלִשְׁתִּ֑יםpe.lish.Tim[the] Philistines

Lemma: פְּלִשְׁתִּי (pe.lish.ti) · Strong's: H6430G

Parsing: Noun · Gentilic · Masculine · Plural · Absolute (HNgmpa)

Meaning: Philistine

Used 283 times. Also: Genesis 21:32, Genesis 21:34, Genesis 26:1, Genesis 26:8, Genesis 26:14, Genesis 26:15 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6430G; TAHOT Judges 15:12 word 6

וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merand he said

Lemma: אָמַר (a.mar) · Strong's: H0559

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Consecutive Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative) · Third · Masculine · Singular (HVqw3ms)

Meaning: to say

Used 5296 times. Also: Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:14, Genesis 1:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0559; TAHOT Judges 15:12 word 7

שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹןshim.ShonSamson

Lemma: שִׁמְשׁוֹן (shim.shon) · Strong's: H8123

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Masculine (HNpm)

Meaning: Samson

Used 38 times. Also: Judges 13:24, Judges 14:1, Judges 14:3, Judges 14:5, Judges 14:7, Judges 14:10 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8123; TAHOT Judges 15:12 word 8

הִשָּׁבְע֣וּhi.sha.ve.'Uswear

Lemma: שָׁבַע (sha.va) · Strong's: H7650

Parsing: Verb · Niphal (hence Action · Passive) · Imperative (hence Tense · Imperative) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVNv2mp)

Meaning: to swear

Used 186 times. Also: Genesis 21:23, Genesis 21:24, Genesis 21:31, Genesis 22:16, Genesis 24:3, Genesis 24:7 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7650; TAHOT Judges 15:12 word 9

פֶּֽן\־pen-lest

Lemma: פֶּן־ (pen) · Strong's: H6435

Parsing: Particle · Conditional (HTc)

Meaning: lest

Used 133 times. Also: Genesis 3:3, Genesis 3:22, Genesis 11:4, Genesis 19:15, Genesis 19:17, Genesis 19:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6435; TAHOT Judges 15:12 word 10

תִּפְגְּע֥וּןtif.ge.'Unyou should fall !

Lemma: פָּגַע (pa.ga) · Strong's: H6293

Parsing: Verb · Qal (hence Action · Active) · Imperfect (hence Tense · Indicative/jussive) · Second · Masculine · Plural (HVqi2mp)

Meaning: to fall on

Used 46 times. Also: Genesis 23:8, Genesis 28:11, Genesis 32:1, Exodus 5:3, Exodus 5:20, Exodus 23:4 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H6293; TAHOT Judges 15:12 word 11

אַתֶּֽם\׃'a.Temyou

Lemma: אַתֶּם (at.tem) · Strong's: H0859D

Parsing: Pronoun · Personal · Second · Masculine · Plural (HPp2mp)

Meaning: you(m.p.)

Used 283 times. Also: Genesis 9:7, Genesis 26:27, Genesis 29:4, Genesis 42:9, Genesis 42:14, Genesis 42:16 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0859D; TAHOT Judges 15:12 word 12

How the BSB renders it

Each English phrase in the Berean Standard Bible and the original word behind it.

But they said	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
to him	→
We have come down	→	יָרַד H3381 to go down
to arrest you	→	אָסַר H0631 to bind
and hand you over to	→	נָתַן H5414G to give: give
. . .	→	יָד H3027H hand: power
the Philistines	→	פְּלִשְׁתִּי H6430G Philistine
Samson	→	שִׁמְשׁוֹן H8123 Samson
replied	→	אָמַר H0559 to say
Swear	→	שָׁבַע H7650 to swear
to me	→
that	→	פֶּן־ H6435 lest
you will not kill me	→	פָּגַע H6293 to fall on
{yourselves}	→

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Original-language words, glosses, parsing and lexicon entries: STEPBible data by Tyndale House, Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG, TFLSJ, TEHMC, TEGMC), CC BY 4.0, with changes. Hebrew text from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible. English alignment: Berean Standard Bible tables (public domain).

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