Judges 16:4 Go deeper

And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. (KJV)

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וַֽיְהִי֙vay.Hiand it was

Lemma: הָיָה (ha.yah) · Strong's: H1961

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

Meaning: to be

Used 3545 times. Also: Genesis 1:2, Genesis 1:3, Genesis 1:5, Genesis 1:6, Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:8 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1961; TAHOT Judges 16:4 word 1

אַחֲרֵי\־'a.cha.rei-after

Lemma: אַחַר (a.char) · Strong's: H0310A

Parsing: Adjective · Numerical · Masculine · Plural · Construct (HAcmpc)

Meaning: after

Used 711 times. Also: Genesis 5:4, Genesis 5:7, Genesis 5:10, Genesis 5:13, Genesis 5:16, Genesis 5:19 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0310A; TAHOT Judges 16:4 word 2

כֵ֔ןKhenthus

Lemma: כֵּן (ken) · Strong's: H3651C

Parsing: Adverb (HD)

Meaning: so

Used 734 times. Also: Genesis 1:7, Genesis 1:9, Genesis 1:11, Genesis 1:15, Genesis 1:24, Genesis 1:30 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H3651C; TAHOT Judges 16:4 word 3

וַיֶּאֱהַ֥בvai.ye.'e.Havand he loved

Lemma: אָהֵב (a.hav) · Strong's: H0157G

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

Meaning: to love: lover

Used 196 times. Also: Genesis 22:2, Genesis 24:67, Genesis 25:28, Genesis 27:4, Genesis 27:9, Genesis 27:14 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0157G; TAHOT Judges 16:4 word 4

אִשָּׁ֖ה'i.Shaha woman

Lemma: אִשָּׁה (ish.shah) · Strong's: H0802G

Parsing: Noun · Common · Feminine · Singular · Absolute (HNcfsa)

Meaning: woman

Used 324 times. Also: Genesis 2:22, Genesis 2:23, Genesis 3:1, Genesis 3:2, Genesis 3:4, Genesis 3:6 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H0802G; TAHOT Judges 16:4 word 5

בְּנַ֣חַלbe.Na.chalin [the] valley of

Lemma: נַ֫חַל (na.chal) · Strong's: H5158J

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: (Sorek) Valley

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H5158J; TAHOT Judges 16:4 word 6

שֹׂרֵ֑קso.RekSorek

Lemma: שֹׂרֵק (s.vo.req) · Strong's: H7796

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Location (HNpl)

Meaning: (Valley of) Sorek

Used 1 time. All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H7796; TAHOT Judges 16:4 word 7

וּשְׁמָ֖הּu.she.Mahand name her

Lemma: שֵׁם (shem) · Strong's: H8034

Parsing: Noun · Common · Masculine · Singular · Construct (HNcmsc)

Meaning: name

Used 864 times. Also: Genesis 2:11, Genesis 2:13, Genesis 2:14, Genesis 2:19, Genesis 2:20, Genesis 3:20 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H8034; TAHOT Judges 16:4 word 8

דְּלִילָֽה\׃de.li.Lah[was] Delilah

Lemma: דְּלִילָה (de.li.lah) · Strong's: H1807

Parsing: Noun · Proper · Feminine (HNpf)

Meaning: Delilah

Used 6 times. Also: Judges 16:6, Judges 16:10, Judges 16:12, Judges 16:13, Judges 16:18 · All occurrences →

Source: TBESH H1807; TAHOT Judges 16:4 word 9

How the BSB renders it

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

Some time later	→	אַחַר H0310A after
. . .	→	כֵּן H3651C so
[Samson] fell in love with	→	אָהֵב H0157G to love: lover
a woman	→	אִשָּׁה H0802G woman
in the Valley	→	נַ֫חַל H5158J (Sorek) Valley
of Sorek	→	שֹׂרֵק H7796 (Valley of) Sorek
whose name	→	שֵׁם H8034 name
was Delilah	→	דְּלִילָה H1807 Delilah

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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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