Judges 14:16

וַתֵּבְךְּ אֵשֶׁת שִׁמְשׁוֹן עָלָיו וַתֹּאמֶר רַק ־ שְׂנֵאתַנִי וְלֹא אֲהַבְתָּנִי הַֽחִידָה חַדְתָּ לִבְנֵי עַמִּי וְלִ/י לֹא הִגַּדְתָּה וַיֹּאמֶר לָהּ הִנֵּה לְאָבִי וּלְאִמִּי לֹא הִגַּדְתִּי וְלָ/ךְ אַגִּֽיד ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

And 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?

In Context

15וַיְהִי ׀ בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי וַיֹּאמְרוּ לְאֵֽשֶׁת ־ שִׁמְשׁוֹן פַּתִּי אֶת ־ אִישֵׁךְ וְיַגֶּד ־ לָנוּ אֶת ־ הַחִידָה פֶּן ־ נִשְׂרֹף אוֹתָךְ וְאֶת ־ בֵּית אָבִיךְ בָּאֵשׁ הַלְיָרְשֵׁנוּ קְרָאתֶם לָנוּ הֲלֹֽא ׃

17וַתֵּבְךְּ עָלָיו שִׁבְעַת הַיָּמִים אֲשֶׁר ־ הָיָה לָהֶם הַמִּשְׁתֶּה וַיְהִי ׀ בַּיּוֹם הַשְּׁבִיעִי וַיַּגֶּד ־ לָהּ כִּי הֱצִיקַתְהוּ וַתַּגֵּד הַחִידָה לִבְנֵי עַמָּֽהּ ׃

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Cross References

Judges 16:15וַתֹּאמֶר אֵלָיו אֵיךְ תֹּאמַר אֲהַבְתִּיךְ וְלִבְּךָ אֵין אִתִּי זֶה שָׁלֹשׁ פְּעָמִים הֵתַלְתָּ בִּי וְלֹא ־ הִגַּדְתָּ לִּי בַּמֶּה כֹּחֲךָ גָדֽוֹל ׃

Matthew Henry on Judges 14:11-20

Samson's Riddle; Slaughter of the Philistines. ( b. c. 1141.) 10 So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do. 11 And it came to pass, when they saw him, that they brought thirty companions to be with him. 12 And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments: 13 But if ye cannot declare it… Read the whole commentary →

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