Judges 14:18
Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data
"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."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אֱנוֹשׁ
ʼĕnôwsh
a man in general (singly or collectively)
עִיר
ʻîyr
a city (a place guarded by waking or a watch) in the widest sense (even of a mere encampment or post)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
יוֹם
yôwm
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 asso...
פָּנִים
pânîym
the face (as the part that turns); used in a great variety of applications (literally and figuratively); also (with prepositional prefix) as a preposi...
שֶׁמֶשׁ
shemesh
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
דְּבַשׁ
dᵉbash
honey (from its stickiness); by analogy, syrup
קָשַׁר
qâshar
to tie, physically (gird, confine, compact) or mentally (in love, league)
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
חָרַשׁ
chârash
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 ...
עֶגְלָה
ʻeglâh
a (female) calf, especially one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer)
מָצָא
mâtsâʼ
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
חִידָה
chîydâh
a puzzle, hence, a trick, conundrum, sententious maxim
Key Terms in This Verse
חָרַשׁ chârash
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 sil...
Study H2790 →עֶגְלָה ʻeglâh
a (female) calf, especially one nearly grown (i.e. a heifer)
Study H5697 →קָשַׁר qâshar
to tie, physically (gird, confine, compact) or mentally (in love, league)
Study H7194 →שֶׁמֶשׁ shemesh
the sun; by implication, the east; figuratively, a ray, i.e. (architectural) a notched battlement
Study H8121 →מָצָא mâtsâʼ
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
Study H4672 →Cross References
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