אֶל־ to ’el- אָבִ֣יו his father ’ā·ḇîw וְאֶל־ . . . wə·’el- אִמּ֔וֹ and mother , ’im·mōw וַיִּתֵּ֥ן he gave way·yit·tên לָהֶ֖ם some to them lā·hem וַיֹּאכֵ֑לוּ and they ate it . way·yō·ḵê·lū וְלֹֽא־ But he did not wə·lō- הִגִּ֣יד tell hig·gîḏ לָהֶ֔ם them lā·hem כִּ֛י that kî רָדָ֥ה he had taken rā·ḏāh הַדְּבָֽשׁ׃ the honey had·də·ḇāš הָאַרְיֵ֖ה from the lion’s hā·’ar·yêh מִגְּוִיַּ֥ת carcass . mig·gə·wî·yaṯ Judges 14:10 אָבִ֖יהוּ Then his father ’ā·ḇî·hū וַיֵּ֥רֶד went way·yê·reḏ אֶל־ to ’el- הָאִשָּׁ֑ה visit the woman , hā·’iš·šāh שִׁמְשׁוֹן֙ and Samson šim·šō·wn וַיַּ֨עַשׂ prepared way·ya·‘aś מִשְׁתֶּ֔ה a feast miš·teh שָׁ֤ם there , šām כִּ֛י as kî כֵּ֥ן . . . kên יַעֲשׂ֖וּ was customary ya·‘ă·śū הַבַּחוּרִֽים׃ for the bridegroom . hab·ba·ḥū·rîm Judges 14:11 וַיְהִ֖י And when way·hî כִּרְאוֹתָ֣ם [the Philistines] saw him , kir·’ō·w·ṯām אוֹת֑וֹ - ’ō·w·ṯōw וַיִּקְחוּ֙ they selected way·yiq·ḥū שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים thirty šə·lō·šîm מֵֽרֵעִ֔ים men to accompany him mê·rê·‘îm וַיִּהְי֖וּ . . . way·yih·yū אִתּֽוֹ׃ . . . . ’it·tōw Judges 14:12 אָחֽוּדָה־ “ Let me tell ’ā·ḥū·ḏāh- נָּ֥א . . . nā לָכֶ֖ם you lā·ḵem חִידָ֑ה a riddle , ” ḥî·ḏāh שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן Samson šim·šō·wn וַיֹּ֤אמֶר said way·yō·mer לָהֶם֙ to them . lā·hem אִם־ “ If ’im- הַגֵּ֣ד you can solve hag·gêḏ תַּגִּידוּ֩ . . . tag·gî·ḏū אוֹתָ֨הּ it ’ō·w·ṯāh לִ֜י for me lî שִׁבְעַ֨ת [within the] seven šiḇ·‘aṯ יְמֵ֤י days yə·mê הַמִּשְׁתֶּה֙ of the feast ham·miš·teh וּמְצָאתֶ֔ם - , ū·mə·ṣā·ṯem וְנָתַתִּ֤י I will give wə·nā·ṯat·tî לָכֶם֙ you lā·ḵem שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים thirty šə·lō·šîm סְדִינִ֔ים linen garments sə·ḏî·nîm וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים and thirty ū·šə·lō·šîm חֲלִפֹ֥ת sets ḥă·li·p̄ōṯ בְּגָדִֽים׃ of clothes . bə·ḡā·ḏîm Judges 14:13 וְאִם־ But if wə·’im- לֹ֣א you cannot lō תוּכְלוּ֮ . . . ṯū·ḵə·lū לְהַגִּ֣יד solve it lə·hag·gîḏ לִי֒ , lî אַתֶּ֥ם you ’at·tem וּנְתַתֶּ֨ם must give ū·nə·ṯat·tem לִי֙ me lî שְׁלֹשִׁ֣ים thirty šə·lō·šîm סְדִינִ֔ים linen garments sə·ḏî·nîm וּשְׁלֹשִׁ֖ים and thirty ū·šə·lō·šîm חֲלִיפ֣וֹת sets ḥă·lî·p̄ō·wṯ בְּגָדִ֑ים of clothes . ” bə·ḡā·ḏîm ח֥וּדָה “ Tell us ḥū·ḏāh חִידָתְךָ֖ your riddle , ” ḥî·ḏā·ṯə·ḵā וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ they replied way·yō·mə·rū ל֔וֹ . lōw וְנִשְׁמָעֶֽנָּה׃ “ Let us hear it . ” wə·niš·mā·‘en·nāh Judges 14:14 וַיֹּ֣אמֶר So he said way·yō·mer לָהֶ֗ם to them : lā·hem מֵהָֽאֹכֵל֙ “ Out of the eater mê·hā·’ō·ḵêl יָצָ֣א came yā·ṣā מַאֲכָ֔ל something to eat , ma·’ă·ḵāl וּמֵעַ֖ז and out of the strong ū·mê·‘az יָצָ֣א came yā·ṣā מָת֑וֹק something sweet . ” mā·ṯō·wq שְׁלֹ֥שֶׁת For three šə·lō·šeṯ

