Judges 14:18
King James Version
7 Jun 2026
“And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.”
חָרַשׁ
to scratch, i.e. (by implication) to engrave, plough; hence (from the use of tools) to fabricate (of any material); figuratively, to devise (in a bad sense); hence (from the idea of secrecy) to be silent, to let alone; hence (by implication) to be deaf (as an accompaniment of dumbness)
מָה
what?
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מָה
properly, interrogative what? (including how? why? when?); but also exclamation, what! (including how!), or indefinitely what (including whatever, and even relatively, that which); often used with prefixes in various adverbial or conjunctive senses
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מָצָא
you found out
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מָצָא
To find, to discover, to encounter. Matsa. God is findable. He is not playing hide and seek. He actively reveals Himself to genuine seekers.
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חִידָה
riddle/ my
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חִידָה
a puzzle, hence, a trick, conundrum, sententious maxim
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עַז
is strong
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עַז
strong, vehement, harsh
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לוּלֵא
if not
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לוּלֵא
if not
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מָתוֹק
is sweet
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מָתוֹק
sweet
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