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| ַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ לוֹ֩ אַנְשֵׁ֨י הָעִ֜יר בַּיּ֣וֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י בְּטֶ֙רֶם֙ יָבֹ֣א הַחַ֔רְסָה מַה־מָּת֣וֹק מִדְּבַ֔שׁ וּמֶ֥ה עַ֖ז מֵאֲרִ֑י וַיֹּ֣אמֶר לָהֶ֔ם לוּלֵא֙ חֲרַשְׁתֶּ֣ם בְּעֶגְלָתִ֔י לֹ֥א מְצָאתֶ֖ם חִידָתִֽי׃ (Leningrad Codex) | |
| 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 all of you had not plowed with my heifer, all of you had not found out my riddle. (KJV) |
| # | Greek | MAC & POS | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2532 | καί |
V-AAI-2P
|
and, even, also |
| 3004 | λέγω |
V-AAI-3S
|
to say |
| 846 | αὐτός, αὐτή, αὐτό |
D-DPM
|
(1) self (emphatic) (2) he, she, it (used for the third person pronoun) (3) the same |
| 3588 | ὁ, ἡ, τό |
T-ASN
|
the |
| 435 | ἀνήρ, ἀνδρός, ὁ |
N-NPM
|
a man |
| 4172 | πόλις, εως, ἡ |
N-GSF
|
a city |
| 1722 | ἐν |
PREP
|
in, on, at, by, with |
| 2250 | ἡμέρα, ας, ἡ |
N-DSF
|
day |
| 1442 | ἕβδομος, η, ον |
A-DSF
|
seventh |
| 4250 | πρίν |
ADV
|
before |
| 1417 | δύο |
V-AAN
|
two |
| 2246 | ἥλιος, ου, ὁ |
N-ASM
|
the sun |
| 5100 | τις, τι |
I-NSN
|
a certain one, someone, anyone |
| 1099 | γλυκύς, εῖα, ύ |
A-NSNC
|
sweet |
| 3192 | μέλι, ιτος, τό |
N-GSN
|
honey |
| 2478 | ἰσχυρός, ά, όν |
A-NSNC
|
strong, mighty |
| 3023 | λέων, οντος, ὁ |
N-GSM
|
a lion |
| 4546 | Σαμψών, ὁ |
N-PRI
|
Samson, a judge in Isr |
| 1487 | εἰ |
CONJ
|
forasmuch as, if, that |
| 3165 | μέ |
ADV
|
I, me, my |
| 1473 | ἐγώ |
P-GS
|
I (only expressed when emphatic) |
| 1151 | δάμαλις, εως, ἡ |
N-ASF
|
a heifer |
| 3364 | οὐ |
ADV
|
anymore, at all, neither, never |
| 302 | ἄν |
PRT
|
usually untranslatable, but generally denoting supposition, wish, possibility or uncertainty |
| 2147 | εὑρίσκω |
V-AAI-2P
|
to find |
| 4265 | προβλέπομαι |
N-ASN
|
to foresee |
| # | Hebrew | POS | Use | Definition |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 559 | ויאמרו
'āmar |
verb | said | אָמַר ʼâmar, aw-mar'; a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude):—answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, × desire, determine, × expressly, × indeed, × intend, name, × plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), × still, × suppose, talk, tell, term, × that is, × think, use (speech), utter, × verily, × yet. |
| 376 | לו אנשׁי
'îš |
masculine noun | And the men | אִישׁ ʼîysh, eesh; contracted for H582 (or perhaps rather from an unused root meaning to be extant); a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation):—also, another, any (man), a certain, champion, consent, each, every (one), fellow, (foot-, husband-) man, (good-, great, mighty) man, he, high (degree), him (that is), husband, man(-kind), none, one, people, person, steward, what (man) soever, whoso(-ever), worthy. Compare H802. |
| 5892 | העיר
ʿîr |
masculine noun | of the city | עִיר ʻîyr, eer; or (in the plural) עָר ʻâr; or עָיַר ʻâyar; (Judges 10:4), from H5782 a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post):—Ai (from margin), city, court (from margin), town. |
| 3117 | ביום
yôm |
masculine noun | day | יוֹם yôwm, yome; from an unused root meaning to be hot; a day (as the warm hours), whether literal (from sunrise to sunset, or from one sunset to the next), or figurative (a space of time defined by an associated term), (often used adverb):—age, always, chronicals, continually(-ance), daily, ((birth-), each, to) day, (now a, two) days (agone), elder, × end, evening, (for) ever(-lasting, -more), × full, life, as (so) long as (... live), (even) now, old, outlived, perpetually, presently, remaineth, × required, season, × since, space, then, (process of) time, as at other times, in trouble, weather, (as) when, (a, the, within a) while (that), × whole ( age), (full) year(-ly), younger. |
| 7637 | השׁביעי
šᵊḇîʿî |
masculine/feminine adjective | unto him on the seventh | שְׁבִיעִי shᵉbîyʻîy, sheb-ee-ee'; or שְׁבִעִי shᵉbiʻîy; ordinal from H7657; seventh:—seventh (time). |
| 2962 | בטרם
ṭerem |
preposition | before | טֶרֶם ṭerem, teh'-rem; from an unused root apparently meaning to interrupt or suspend; properly, non-occurrence; used adverbially, not yet or before:—before, ere, not yet. |
| 935 | יבא
bô' |
verb | went down, | בּוֹא bôwʼ, bo; a primitive root; to go or come (in a wide variety of applications):—abide, apply, attain, × be, befall, besiege, bring (forth, in, into, to pass), call, carry, × certainly, (cause, let, thing for) to come (against, in, out, upon, to pass), depart, × doubtless again, eat, employ, (cause to) enter (in, into, -tering, -trance, -try), be fallen, fetch, follow, get, give, go (down, in, to war), grant, have, × indeed, (in-) vade, lead, lift (up), mention, pull in, put, resort, run (down), send, set, × (well) stricken (in age), × surely, take (in), way. |
| 2775 | החרסה
ḥeres |
masculine noun | the sun | חֶרֶס chereç, kheh'-res; or (with a directive enclitic) חַרְסָה charçâh; from an unused root meaning to scrape; also perhaps from the mediating idea of H2777 the sun:—sun. |
| 4100 | מה
mâ |
indefinite pronoun, interrogative pronoun | What | מָה mâh, maw; or מַה mah; or מָ mâ; or מַ ma; also מֶה meh; a primitive particle; 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:—how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why. |
| 4966 | מתוק
māṯôq |
adjective, masculine noun | sweeter | מָתוֹק mâthôwq, maw-thoke'; or מָתוּק mâthûwq; from H4985; sweet:—sweet(-er, -ness). |
| 1706 | מדבשׁ
dᵊḇaš |
masculine noun | than honey? | דְּבַשׁ dᵉbash, deb-ash'; from an unused root meaning to be gummy; honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup:—honey(-comb). |
| 4100 | ומה
mâ |
indefinite pronoun, interrogative pronoun | and what | מָה mâh, maw; or מַה mah; or מָ mâ; or מַ ma; also מֶה meh; a primitive particle; 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:—how (long, oft, (-soever)), (no-) thing, what (end, good, purpose, thing), whereby(-fore, -in, -to, -with), (for) why. |
| 5794 | עז
ʿaz |
adjective | stronger | עַז ʻaz, az; from H5810; strong, vehement, harsh:—fierce, greedy, mighty, power, roughly, strong. |
| 738 | מארי
'ărî |
masculine noun | than a lion? | אֲרִי ʼărîy, ar-ee'; or (prolonged) אַרְיֵה ʼaryêh; from H717 (in the sense of violence); a lion:—(young) lion, pierce (from the margin). |
| 559 | ויאמר
'āmar |
verb | And he said | אָמַר ʼâmar, aw-mar'; a primitive root; to say (used with great latitude):—answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, × desire, determine, × expressly, × indeed, × intend, name, × plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), × still, × suppose, talk, tell, term, × that is, × think, use (speech), utter, × verily, × yet. |
| 3884 | להם לולא
lûlē' |
conjunction, preposition | unto them, If | לוּלֵא lûwlêʼ, loo-lay'; or לוּלֵי lûwlêy; from H3863 and H3808; if not:—except, had not, if (...not), unless, were it not that. |
| 2790 | חרשׁתם
ḥāraš |
verb | ye had not plowed | חָרַשׁ chârash, khaw-rash'; a primitive root; 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):—× altogether, cease, conceal, be deaf, devise, ear, graven, imagine, leave off speaking, hold peace, plow(-er, man), be quiet, rest, practise secretly, keep silence, be silent, speak not a word, be still, hold tongue, worker. |
| 5697 | בעגלתי
ʿeḡlâ |
feminine noun | with my heifer, | עֶגְלָה ʻeglâh, eg-law'; feminine of H5695; a (female) calf, especially one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer):—calf, cow, heifer. |
| 3808 | לא
lō' |
adverb | ye had not | לֹא lôʼ, lo; or לוֹא lôwʼ; or לֹה lôh; (Deuteronomy 3:11), a primitive particle; + not (the simple or abstract negation); by implication, no; often used with other particles:—× before, + or else, ere, + except, ig(-norant), much, less, nay, neither, never, no((-ne), -r, (-thing)), (× as though...,(can-), for) not (out of), of nought, otherwise, out of, + surely, + as truly as, + of a truth, + verily, for want, + whether, without. |
| 4672 | מצאתם
māṣā' |
verb | found out | מָצָא mâtsâʼ, maw-tsaw'; a primitive root; properly, to come forth to, i.e. appear or exist; transitively, to attain, i.e. find or acquire; figuratively, to occur, meet or be present:— be able, befall, being, catch, × certainly, (cause to) come (on, to, to hand), deliver, be enough (cause to) find(-ing, occasion, out), get (hold upon), × have (here), be here, hit, be left, light (up-) on, meet (with), × occasion serve, (be) present, ready, speed, suffice, take hold on. |
| 2420 | חידתי׃
ḥîḏâ |
feminine noun | my riddle. | חִידָה chîydâh, khee-daw'; from H2330; a puzzle, hence, a trick, conundrum, sententious maxim:—dark saying (sentence, speech), hard question, proverb, riddle. |