Judges 16:8
King James Version
11 Jun 2026
“Then the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven green withs which had not been dried, and she bound him with them.”
שֶׁבַע
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
יֶתֶר
cords
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יֶתֶר
properly, an overhanging, i.e. (by implication) an excess, superiority, remainder; also a small rope (as hanging free)
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חָרַב
they had been dried
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חָרַב
to parch (through drought) i.e. (by analogy,) to desolate, destroy, kill
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פְּלִשְׁתִּי
the Philistines
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פְּלִשְׁתִּי
a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth
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סֶרֶן
the rulers of
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סֶרֶן
an axle; figuratively, a peer
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לַח
fresh
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לַח
fresh, i.e. unused or undried
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