Judges 16:25
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
And while their hearts were merry, they said, “Call for Samson to entertain us.” So they called Samson out of the prison to entertain them. And they stationed him between the pillars.

Young's Literal Translation
And it cometh to pass, when their heart [is] glad, that they say, ‘Call for Samson, and he doth play before us;’ and they call for Samson out of the prison-house, and he playeth before them, and they cause him to stand between the pillars.

King James Bible
And it came to pass, when their hearts were merry, that they said, Call for Samson, that he may make us sport. And they called for Samson out of the prison house; and he made them sport: and they set him between the pillars.

Hebrew
And
וַֽיְהִי֙ (way·hî)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 1961: To fall out, come to pass, become, be

while their hearts
לִבָּ֔ם (lib·bām)
Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine plural
Strong's 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

were merry,
כְּט֣וֹב (kə·ṭō·wḇ)
Preposition-k | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 2896: Pleasant, agreeable, good

they said,
וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ (way·yō·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Call
קִרְא֥וּ (qir·’ū)
Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine plural
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

for Samson
לְשִׁמְשׁ֖וֹן (lə·šim·šō·wn)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8123: Samson -- a deliverer of Israel

to entertain us.”
וִישַֽׂחֶק־ (wî·śa·ḥeq-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Conjunctive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 7832: To laugh, to play

So they called
וַיִּקְרְא֨וּ (way·yiq·rə·’ū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 7121: To call, proclaim, read

Samson
לְשִׁמְשׁ֜וֹן (lə·šim·šō·wn)
Preposition-l | Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8123: Samson -- a deliverer of Israel

out of the prison
מִבֵּ֣ית (mib·bêṯ)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 1004: A house

to entertain them.
וַיְצַחֵק֙ (way·ṣa·ḥêq)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 6711: To laugh outright, to sport

And they stationed
וַיַּעֲמִ֥ידוּ (way·ya·‘ă·mî·ḏū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5975: To stand, in various relations

him
אוֹת֖וֹ (’ō·w·ṯōw)
Direct object marker | third person masculine singular
Strong's 853: Untranslatable mark of the accusative case

between
בֵּ֥ין (bên)
Preposition
Strong's 996: An interval, space between

the pillars.
הָעַמּוּדִֽים׃ (hā·‘am·mū·ḏîm)
Article | Noun - masculine plural
Strong's 5982: A column, a stand, platform

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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