Judges 15:2
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And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.“I was sure that you thoroughly hated her,” said her father, “so I gave her to one of the men who accompanied you. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her instead.”
In other translations
And her father said, I verily thought that thou hadst utterly hated her; therefore I gave her to thy companion: is not her younger sister fairer than she? take her, I pray thee, instead of her.“I was sure that you thoroughly hated her,” said her father, “so I gave her to one of the men who accompanied you. Is not her younger sister more beautiful than she? Please take her instead.”
Hebrew words
וַיֹּאמֶרvaiyomerand he saidH559אָבִיהָ'avihafather herH1אָמֹר'amorcertainly <to think>H559אָמַרְתִּי'amartiI thoughtH559כִּי־ki-thatH3588שָׂנֹאsano'certainly <to hate>H8130שְׂנֵאתָהּsenetahyou hated herH8130וָאֶתְּנֶנָּהva'ettenenahand I gave herH5414לְמֵרֵעֶךָlemere'ekhato companion yourH4828הֲלֹאhalo'¿ notH3808אֲחֹתָהּ'achotah[is] sister herH269הַקְּטַנָּהhaketanah<the> youngH6996טוֹבָהtovahgoodH2896מִמֶּנָּהmimenahmore than herH4480תְּהִי־tehi-let her belongH1961נָאna'pleaseH4994לְךָlekhato <the> youתַּחְתֶּיהָ׃tachteihain place of herH8478
Word by word from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0. Hebrew reads right to left.
Related verses
- Judges 14:20But Samson’s wife was given to his companion, whom he had used as his friend.and his wife was given to one of the men who had accompanied him.
- Judges 14:16And Samson’s wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee?Then Samson’s wife came to him, weeping, and said, “You hate me! You do not really love me! You have posed to my people a riddle, but have not explained it to me.” “Look,” he said, “I have not even explained it to my father or mother, so why should I explain it to you?”
- Genesis 38:14And she put her widow’s garments off from her, and covered her with a vail, and wrapped herself, and sat in an open place, which is by the way to Timnath; for she saw that Shelah was grown, and she was not given unto him to wife.she removed her widow’s garments, covered her face with a veil to disguise herself, and sat at the entrance to Enaim, which is on the way to Timnah. For she saw that although Shelah had grown up, she had not been given to him as a wife.
- Acts 26:9I verily thought with myself, that I ought to do many things contrary to the name of Jesus of Nazareth.So then, I too was convinced that I ought to do all I could to oppose the name of Jesus of Nazareth.
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