Judges 16:15
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And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.“How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she asked, “when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and failed to reveal to me the source of your great strength!”
In other translations
And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.“How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she asked, “when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and failed to reveal to me the source of your great strength!”
Hebrew words
וַתֹּאמֶרvatomerand she saidH559אֵלָיו'elavto himH413אֵיךְ'eikhhow?H349תֹּאמַרtomarwill you sayH559אֲהַבְתִּיךְ'ahavtikhI love youH157וְלִבְּךָvelibekhaand heart yourH3820אֵין'einnotH369אִתִּי'iti[is] with meH854זֶהzehthisH2088שָׁלֹשׁshaloshthreeH7969פְּעָמִיםpe'amimtimesH6471הֵתַלְתָּhetaltayou have deceivedH2048בִּיbi<in> <the> meוְלֹא־velo'-and notH3808הִגַּדְתָּhigadtayou have toldH5046לִּיlito <the> meבַּמֶּהbameh<in> how?H4100כֹּחֲךָkochakha[is] strength yourH3581גָדוֹל׃gadolgreatH1419
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