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Judges 15

Judg. 15:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And Samson
Shimshown (Hebrew #8123)
sunlight; Shimshon, an Israelite
KJV usage: Samson.
Pronounce: shim-shone'
Origin: from 8121
went
yalak (Hebrew #3212)
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
KJV usage: X again, away, bear, bring, carry (away), come (away), depart, flow, + follow(-ing), get (away, hence, him), (cause to, made) go (away, -ing, -ne, one's way, out), grow, lead (forth), let down, march, prosper, + pursue, cause to run, spread, take away ((-journey)), vanish, (cause to) walk(-ing), wax, X be weak.
Pronounce: yaw-lak'
Origin: a primitive root (compare 1980)
and caught
lakad (Hebrew #3920)
to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
KJV usage: X at all, catch (self), be frozen, be holden, stick together, take.
Pronounce: law-kad'
Origin: a primitive root
three
shalowsh (Hebrew #7969)
masculine shlowshah {shel-o-shaw'}; or shloshah {shel-o-shaw'}; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multipl.) thrice
KJV usage: + fork, + often(-times), third, thir(-teen, -teenth), three, + thrice. Compare 7991.
Pronounce: shaw-loshe'
Origin: or shalosh {shaw-loshe'}
hundred
me'ah (Hebrew #3967)
properly, a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
KJV usage: hundred((-fold), -th), + sixscore.
Pronounce: may-aw'
Origin: or metyah {may-yaw'}
foxes
shuw`al (Hebrew #7776)
from the same as 8168; a jackal (as a burrower)
KJV usage: fox.
Pronounce: shoo-awl'
Origin: or shunal {shoo-awl'}
, and took
laqach (Hebrew #3947)
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
KJV usage: accept, bring, buy, carry away, drawn, fetch, get, infold, X many, mingle, place, receive(-ing), reserve, seize, send for, take (away, -ing, up), use, win.
Pronounce: law-kakh'
Origin: a primitive root
νfirebrands
lappiyd (Hebrew #3940)
from an unused root probably meaning to shine; a flambeau, lamp or flame
KJV usage: (fire-)brand, (burning) lamp, lightning, torch.
Pronounce: lap-peed'
Origin: or lappid {lap-peed'}
, and turned
panah (Hebrew #6437)
to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.
KJV usage: appear, at (even-)tide, behold, cast out, come on, X corner, dawning, empty, go away, lie, look, mark, pass away, prepare, regard, (have) respect (to), (re-)turn (aside, away, back, face, self), X right (early).
Pronounce: paw-naw'
Origin: a primitive root
tail
zanab (Hebrew #2180)
the tail (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: tail.
Pronounce: zaw-nawb'
Origin: from 2179 (in the original sense of flapping)
to tail
zanab (Hebrew #2180)
the tail (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: tail.
Pronounce: zaw-nawb'
Origin: from 2179 (in the original sense of flapping)
, and put
suwm (Hebrew #7760)
a primitive root; to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)
KJV usage: X any wise, appoint, bring, call (a name), care, cast in, change, charge, commit, consider, convey, determine, + disguise, dispose, do, get, give, heap up, hold, impute, lay (down, up), leave, look, make (out), mark, + name, X on, ordain, order, + paint, place, preserve, purpose, put (on), + regard, rehearse, reward, (cause to) set (on, up), shew, + stedfastly, take, X tell, + tread down, ((over-))turn, X wholly, work.
Pronounce: soom
Origin: or siym {seem}
a
'echad (Hebrew #259)
properly, united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
KJV usage: a, alike, alone, altogether, and, any(-thing), apiece, a certain, (dai-)ly, each (one), + eleven, every, few, first, + highway, a man, once, one, only, other, some, together,
Pronounce: ekh-awd'
Origin: a numeral from 258
firebrand
lappiyd (Hebrew #3940)
from an unused root probably meaning to shine; a flambeau, lamp or flame
KJV usage: (fire-)brand, (burning) lamp, lightning, torch.
Pronounce: lap-peed'
Origin: or lappid {lap-peed'}
in the midst
tavek (Hebrew #8432)
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
KJV usage: among(-st), X between, half, X (there- ,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), X out (of), X through, X with(-in).
Pronounce: taw'-vek
Origin: from an unused root meaning to sever
between two
shnayim (Hebrew #8147)
feminine shttayim {shet-tah'-yim}; two; also (as ordinal) twofold
KJV usage: both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
Pronounce: shen-ah'-yim
Origin: dual of 8145
tails
zanab (Hebrew #2180)
the tail (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: tail.
Pronounce: zaw-nawb'
Origin: from 2179 (in the original sense of flapping)
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or, torches.

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Cross References

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caught three.Dr. Kennicott and others contend, that for {shüâlim,} "foxes," we should read {shöâlim,} "handfuls," or sheaves of corn. But, 1.
The word {lachad,} rendered caught, never signifies simply to get or take but always to catch, seize, or take by assault or stratagem.
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Though the proposed alteration is sanctioned by seven MSS., yet all the versions are on the other side.
3.
Admitting this alteration, it will be difficult to prove that the word {shöâl} means either a sheaf or a handful of corn in the ear, and straw.
It occurs but thrice in Scriptures (1 Ki 20:10.
Isa 40:12.
Eze 13:9): where it evidently means as much as can be contained in the hollow of the hand; but when handfuls of grain in the shock, or sheaves are intended, very different words are used.
See Ru 2.15, 16, etc.
4.
It is not hinted that Samson collected them alone, or in one day; he might have employed many hands and several days in the work.
5.
The word {shüâl} properly denotes the jackal, which travellers describe as an animal in size between the wolf and fox, gregarious, as many as 200 having been seen together, and the most numerous of any in eastern countries; so that Samson might have caught many of them together in nets.
Psa. 63:10• 10They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes. (Psa. 63:10)
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Song of Sol. 2:15• 15Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes. (Song of Sol. 2:15)
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Lam. 5:18• 18Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it. (Lam. 5:18)
firebrands.
or, torches.

J. N. Darby Translation

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And Samson went and caught three hundred jackals, and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put a torch in the midst between the two tails.