Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleIn response, three thousand men of Judah went to the cave at the rock of Etam, and they asked Samson, “Do you not realize that the Philistines rule over us? What have you done to us?” “I have done to them what they did to me,” he replied. Young's Literal Translation And three thousand men of Judah go down unto the cleft of the rock Etam, and say to Samson, ‘Hast thou now known that the Philistines are rulers over us? and what [is] this thou hast done to us?’ And he saith to them, ‘As they did to me, so I did to them.’ King James Bible Then three thousand men of Judah went to the top of the rock Etam, and said to Samson, Knowest thou not that the Philistines [are] rulers over us? what [is] this [that] thou hast done unto us? And he said unto them, As they did unto me, so have I done unto them. Hebrew In response, threeשְׁלֹשֶׁת֩ (šə·lō·šeṯ) Number - masculine singular construct Strong's 7969: Three, third, thrice thousand אֲלָפִ֨ים (’ă·lā·p̄îm) Number - masculine plural Strong's 505: A thousand men אִ֜ישׁ (’îš) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person of Judah מִֽיהוּדָ֗ה (mî·hū·ḏāh) Preposition-m | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 3063: Judah -- 'praised', a son of Jacob, also the southern kingdom, also four Israelites went וַיֵּרְד֡וּ (way·yê·rə·ḏū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 3381: To come or go down, descend to אֶל־ (’el-) Preposition Strong's 413: Near, with, among, to the cave סְעִיף֮ (sə·‘îp̄) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5585: A fissure, a bough at the rock סֶ֣לַע (se·la‘) Noun - masculine singular construct Strong's 5553: A craggy rock of Etam, עֵיטָם֒ (‘ê·ṭām) Noun - proper - feminine singular Strong's 5862: Etam -- three places in Israel and they asked וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ (way·yō·mə·rū) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural Strong's 559: To utter, say Samson, לְשִׁמְשׁ֗וֹן (lə·šim·šō·wn) Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 8123: Samson -- a deliverer of Israel “Do you not הֲלֹ֤א (hă·lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's 3808: Not, no realize יָדַ֙עְתָּ֙ (yā·ḏa‘·tā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 3045: To know that כִּֽי־ (kî-) Conjunction Strong's 3588: A relative conjunction the Philistines פְּלִשְׁתִּ֔ים (pə·liš·tîm) Noun - proper - masculine plural Strong's 6430: Philistines -- inhabitants of Philistia rule מֹשְׁלִ֥ים (mō·šə·lîm) Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural Strong's 4910: To rule, have dominion, reign over us? בָּ֙נוּ֙ (bā·nū) Preposition | first person common plural Strong's Hebrew What וּמַה־ (ū·mah-) Conjunctive waw | Interrogative Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what have you done עָשִׂ֣יתָ (‘ā·śî·ṯā) Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular Strong's 6213: To do, make to us?” לָּ֑נוּ (lā·nū) Preposition | first person common plural Strong's Hebrew “I have done עָ֣שׂוּ (‘ā·śū) Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural Strong's 6213: To do, make to them what כַּאֲשֶׁר֙ (ka·’ă·šer) Preposition-k | Pronoun - relative Strong's 834: Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that they did to me,” עָשִׂ֥יתִי (‘ā·śî·ṯî) Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular Strong's 6213: To do, make he replied. וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 559: To utter, say |
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