Judges 14:3
Old Testament • 21 words with Strong's data
"Then his father and his mother said unto him, Is there never a woman among the daughters of thy brethren, or among all my people, that thou goest to take a wife of the uncircumcised Philistines? And Samson said unto his father, Get her for me; for she pleaseth me well."
Word-by-Word Analysis
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
אֵם
ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
עוֹלָם
ʻôwlâm
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (...
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
בַּת
bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
אָח
ʼâch
a brother (used in the widest sense of literal relationship and metaphorical affinity or resemblance (like father))
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
עַם
ʻam
a people (as a congregated unit); specifically, a tribe (as those of Israel); hence (collectively) troops or attendants; figuratively, a flock
בּוֹא
bôwʼ
to go or come (in a wide variety of applications)
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
עָרֵל
ʻârêl
uncircumcised (i.e. still having the prepuce uncurtailed)
פְּלִשְׁתִּי
Pᵉlishtîy
a Pelishtite or inhabitant of Pelesheth
אָמַר
ʼâmar
to say (used with great latitude)
אָב
ʼâb
father, in a literal and immediate, or figurative and remote application
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
טוֹב
ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good...
יָטַב
yâṭab
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
Key Terms in This Verse
טוֹב ṭôwb
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goo...
Study H2896 →עָרֵל ʻârêl
uncircumcised (i.e. still having the prepuce uncurtailed)
Study H6189 →עוֹלָם ʻôwlâm
properly, concealed, i.e. the vanishing point; generally, time out of mind (past or future), i.e. (practically) eternity; frequentatively, adverbial (especially with prepositional prefix) always
Study H5769 →יָלַךְ yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
Study H3212 →בַּת bath
a daughter (used in the same wide sense as other terms of relationship, literally and figuratively)
Study H1323 →יָטַב yâṭab
to be (causative) make well, literally (sound, beautiful) or figuratively (happy, successful, right)
Study H3190 →אֵם ʼêm
a mother (as the bond of the family); in a wide sense (both literally and figuratively (like father))
Study H517 →Cross References
Thy servant slew both the lion and the bear: and this uncircumcised Philistine shall be as one of them, seeing he hath defied the armies of the living God.
And he was sore athirst, and called on the LORD, and said, Thou hast given this great deliverance into the hand of thy servant: and now shall I die for thirst, and fall into the hand of the uncircumci...
And Jonathan said to the young man that bare his armour, Come, and let us go over unto the garrison of these uncircumcised: it may be that the LORD will work for us: for there is no restraint to the L...
Tell it not in Gath, publish it not in the streets of Askelon; lest the daughters of the Philistines rejoice, lest the daughters of the uncircumcised triumph.
Then said Saul unto his armourbearer, Draw thy sword, and thrust me through therewith; lest these uncircumcised come and thrust me through, and abuse me. But his armourbearer would not; for he was sor...
And David spake to the men that stood by him, saying, What shall be done to the man that killeth this Philistine, and taketh away the reproach from Israel? for who is this uncircumcised Philistine, th...
And Abram said unto Lot, Let there be no strife, I pray thee, between me and thee, and between my herdmen and thy herdmen; for we be brethren.
And they said unto them, We cannot do this thing, to give our sister to one that is uncircumcised; for that were a reproach unto us:
And Abraham took sheep and oxen, and gave them unto Abimelech; and both of them made a covenant.
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