Judges 14:12
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:”
נָא
'I pray', 'now', or 'then'; added mostly to verbs (in the Imperative or Future), or to interjections, occasionally to an adverb or conjunction
נָגַד
certainly if to tell
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נָגַד
To tell, to declare, to make known. Nagad. The heavens declare the glory of God. Everything in creation is telling the story of its Creator.
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שֶׁבַע
the seven
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שֶׁבַע
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
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יוֹם
the days of
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יוֹם
Day. Yom. A period of time. This is the day the LORD has made. Every day is His gift.
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חוּד
let me ask a riddle
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חוּד
properly, to tie a knot, i.e. (figuratively) to propound a riddle
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חִידָה
a riddle
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חִידָה
a puzzle, hence, a trick, conundrum, sententious maxim
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שְׁלוֹשִׁים
thirty
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שְׁלוֹשִׁים
thirty; or (ordinal) thirtieth
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שִׁמְשׁוֹן
Samson
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שִׁמְשׁוֹן
Shimshon, an Israelite
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סָדִין
linen garments
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סָדִין
a wrapper, i.e. shirt
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חֲלִיפָה
changes of
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חֲלִיפָה
alternation
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