Judges 15:16

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And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.Then Samson said: “With the jawbone of a donkey I have piled them into heaps. With the jawbone of a donkey I have slain a thousand men.”

In other translations

And Samson said, With the jawbone of an ass, heaps upon heaps, with the jaw of an ass have I slain a thousand men.Then Samson said: “With the jawbone of a donkey I have piled them into heaps. With the jawbone of a donkey I have slain a thousand men.”

Hebrew words

וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559שִׁמְשׁוֹןshimshonSamsonH8123בִּלְחִיbilchiwith [the] jawbone ofH3895הַחֲמוֹרhachamorthe donkeyH2543חֲמוֹרchamora heapH2565חֲמֹרָתָיִםchamoratayimtwo heapsH2565בִּלְחִיbilchiwith [the] jawbone ofH3895הַחֲמוֹרhachamorthe donkeyH2543הִכֵּיתִיhikeitiI struck downH5221אֶלֶף'elefa thousandH505אִישׁ׃'ishmanH376

Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.

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