Judges 15:4
Old Testament • 17 words with Strong's data
"And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails."
Word-by-Word Analysis
יָלַךְ
yâlak
to walk (literally or figuratively); causatively, to carry (in various senses)
אָחַז
ʼâchaz
to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
שָׁלוֹשׁ
shâlôwsh
three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multiple) thrice
מֵאָה
mêʼâh
a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction
לָקַח
lâqach
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
זִיקָה
zîyqâh
properly, what leaps forth, i.e. flash of fire, or a burning arrow; also (from the original sense of the root) a bond
הָפַךְ
hâphak
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
זָנָב
zânâb
the tail (literally or figuratively)
זָנָב
zânâb
the tail (literally or figuratively)
נָתַן
nâthan
to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)
תָּוֶךְ
tâvek
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre
בֵּין
bêyn
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
שְׁנַיִם
shᵉnayim
two; also (as ordinal) twofold
Key Terms in This Verse
זִיקָה zîyqâh
properly, what leaps forth, i.e. flash of fire, or a burning arrow; also (from the original sense of the root) a bond
Study H2131 →אָחַז ʼâchaz
to seize (often with the accessory idea of holding in possession)
Study H270 →בֵּין bêyn
between (repeated before each noun, often with other particles); also as a conjunction, either...or
Study H996 →הָפַךְ hâphak
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
Study H2015 →Cross References
Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk upon it.
Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our vines have tender grapes.
They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.
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