Judges · שׁוֹפְטִים

Judges 16:3

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣ב שִׁמְשׁוֹן֮ עַד־חֲצִ֣י הַלַּיְלָה֒ וַיָּ֣קָם ׀ בַּחֲצִ֣י הַלַּ֗יְלָה וַיֶּאֱחֹ֞ז בְּדַלְת֤וֹת שַֽׁעַר־הָעִיר֙ וּבִשְׁתֵּ֣י הַמְּזוּז֔וֹת וַיִּסָּעֵם֙ עִֽם־הַבְּרִ֔יחַ וַיָּ֖שֶׂם עַל־כְּתֵפָ֑יו וַֽיַּעֲלֵם֙ אֶל־רֹ֣אשׁ הָהָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־פְּנֵ֥י חֶבְרֽוֹן׃
vayishkab shimshvon ʿad-ḥaṣiy halaylah vayaqam baḥaṣiy halaylah vayeʾeḥoz bdaltvot shaʿar-haʿiyr vbishtey hamzvzvot vayisaʿem ʿim-habriyḥa vayashem ʿal-ktepayv vayaʿalem ʾel-roʾsh hahar ʾasher ʿal-pney ḥebrvon
King James Version (KJV)

And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put {them} upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that {is} before Hebron. {bar...: Heb. with the bar}

Modern English

Samson lay until midnight, and arose at midnight, and laid hold of the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and plucked them up, bar and all, and put them on his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the mountain that is before Hebron.

Read Judges 16 in Nevi'im Reader →
← Judges 16:2 Judges 16 Judges 16:4 →