Judges 15:4
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Then Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes. And he took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and fastened a torch between each pair of tails.

Young's Literal Translation
And Samson goeth and catcheth three hundred foxes, and taketh torches, and turneth tail unto tail, and putteth a torch between the two tails, in the midst,

King James Bible
And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.

Hebrew
Then Samson
שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן (šim·šō·wn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8123: Samson -- a deliverer of Israel

went out
וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (way·yê·leḵ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk

and caught
וַיִּלְכֹּ֖ד (way·yil·kōḏ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3920: To catch, to capture, occupy, to choose, to cohere

three
שְׁלֹשׁ־ (šə·lōš-)
Number - feminine singular construct
Strong's 7969: Three, third, thrice

hundred
מֵא֣וֹת (mê·’ō·wṯ)
Number - feminine plural
Strong's 3967: A hundred

foxes.
שׁוּעָלִ֑ים (šū·‘ā·lîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 7776: Fox, perhaps jackal

And he took
וַיִּקַּ֣ח (way·yiq·qaḥ)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 3947: To take

torches,
לַפִּדִ֗ים (lap·pi·ḏîm)
Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 3940: A flambeau, lamp, flame

turned
וַיֶּ֤פֶן (way·ye·p̄en)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6437: To turn, to face, appear, look

the foxes tail-to-tail,
זָנָב֙ (zā·nāḇ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 2180: Tail, end, stump

and fastened
וַיָּ֨שֶׂם (way·yā·śem)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set

a
אֶחָ֛ד (’e·ḥāḏ)
Number - masculine singular
Strong's 259: United, one, first

torch
לַפִּ֥יד (lap·pîḏ)
Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3940: A flambeau, lamp, flame

between
בֵּין־ (bên-)
Preposition
Strong's 996: An interval, space between

each pair
שְׁנֵ֥י (šə·nê)
Number - mdc
Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number)

of tails.
הַזְּנָב֖וֹת (haz·zə·nā·ḇō·wṯ)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 2180: Tail, end, stump

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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