Judges 13:23
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“But his wife said unto him, If the Lord were pleased to kill us, he would not have received a burnt offering and a meat offering at our hands, neither would he have shewed us all these things, nor would as at this time have told us such things as these.”
שָׁמַע
To hear, to listen, to obey. Shema. Hear O Israel. In Hebrew to truly hear means to obey. God is looking for those who hear with the intention to do.
רָאָה
he showed/ us
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רָאָה
To see, to look, to perceive. Raah. The LORD sees not as man sees. Man looks on the outward appearance but God looks on the heart.
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יְהֹוָה
Yahweh
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יְהֹוָה
LORD. Yahweh. The covenant name of God. I AM WHO I AM. The self-existent eternal One who was is and always will be.
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חָפֵץ
he had desired
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חָפֵץ
properly, to incline to; by implication (literally but rarely) to bend; figuratively, to be pleased with, desire
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עֹלָה
a burnt offering
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עֹלָה
a step or (collectively, stairs, as ascending); usually a holocaust (as going up in smoke)
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לוּא
if
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לוּא
a conditional particle; if; by implication (interj. as a wish) would that!
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לָקַח
he accepted
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לָקַח
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
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