Judges 15:4
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
Samsonשִׁמְשֹׁ֔ון
(shim·sho·vn,)
8123: a deliverer of Isr.from the same as shemesh
wentוַיֵּ֣לֶךְ
(vai·ye·lech)
1980: to go, come, walka prim. root
and caughtוַיִּלְכֹּ֖ד
(vai·yil·kod)
3920: to capture, seize, takea prim. root
threeשְׁלֹשׁ־
(she·losh-)
7969: a three, triadof uncertain derivation
hundredמֵאֹ֣ות
(me·'o·vt)
3967: hundreda prim. root
foxes,שׁוּעָלִ֑ים
(shu·'a·lim;)
7776: fox, perhaps jackalfrom an unused word
and tookוַיִּקַּ֣ח
(vai·yik·kach)
3947: to takea prim. root
torches,לַפִּדִ֗ים
(lap·pi·dim)
3940: a torchof uncertain derivation
and turnedוַיֶּ֤פֶן
(vai·ye·fen)
6437: to turna prim. root
[the foxes] tailזָנָב֙
(za·nav)
2180: tail, end, stumpof uncertain derivation
to tailזָנָ֔ב
(za·nav,)
2180: tail, end, stumpof uncertain derivation
and putוַיָּ֨שֶׂם
(vai·ya·sem)
7760: to put, place, seta prim. root
oneאֶחָ֛ד
(e·chad)
259: onea prim. card. number
torchלַפִּ֥יד
(lap·pid)
3940: a torchof uncertain derivation
in the middleבַּתָּֽוֶךְ׃
(bat·ta·vech.)
8432: midstof uncertain derivation
betweenבֵּין־
(bein-)
996: an interval, space betweenfrom bin
twoשְׁנֵ֥י
(she·nei)
8147: two (a card. number)from shanah
tails.הַזְּנָבֹ֖ות
(haz·ze·na·vo·vt)
2180: tail, end, stumpof uncertain derivation


















KJV Lexicon
And Samson
Shimshown  (shim-shone')
sunlight; Shimshon, an Israelite -- Samson.
went
yalak  (yaw-lak')
to walk; causatively, to carry (in various senses)
and caught
lakad  (law-kad')
to catch (in a net, trap or pit); generally, to capture or occupy; also to choose (by lot); figuratively, to cohere
three
shalowsh  (shaw-loshe')
masculine shlowshah {shel-o-shaw'}; or shloshah {shel-o-shaw'}; a primitive number; three; occasionally (ordinal) third, or (multipl.) thrice
hundred
me'ah  (may-aw')
a primitive numeral; a hundred; also as a multiplicative and a fraction -- hundred(-fold), -th), + sixscore.
foxes
shuw`al  (shoo-awl')
a jackal (as a burrower) -- fox.
and took
laqach  (law-kakh')
to take (in the widest variety of applications)
firebrands
lappiyd  (lap-peed')
from an unused root probably meaning to shine; a flambeau, lamp or flame -- (fire-)brand, (burning) lamp, lightning, torch.
and turned
panah  (paw-naw')
to turn; by implication, to face, i.e. appear, look, etc.
tail
zanab  (zaw-nawb')
the tail -- tail.
to tail
zanab  (zaw-nawb')
the tail -- tail.
and put
suwm  (soom)
to put (used in a great variety of applications, literal, figurative, inferentially, and elliptically)wholly, work.
a
'echad  (ekh-awd')
united, i.e. one; or (as an ordinal) first
firebrand
lappiyd  (lap-peed')
from an unused root probably meaning to shine; a flambeau, lamp or flame -- (fire-)brand, (burning) lamp, lightning, torch.
in the midst
tavek  (taw'-vek)
a bisection, i.e. (by implication) the centre -- among(-st), between, half, (there-,where-), in(-to), middle, mid(-night), midst (among), out (of), through, with(-in).
between two
shnayim  (shen-ah'-yim)
two; also (as ordinal) twofold -- both, couple, double, second, twain, + twelfth, + twelve, + twenty (sixscore) thousand, twice, two.
tails
zanab  (zaw-nawb')
the tail -- tail.
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned the foxes tail to tail and put one torch in the middle between two tails.

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.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So he went out and caught 300 foxes. He took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and put a torch between each pair of tails.

International Standard Version
So Samson went out, caught 300 foxes, grabbed some torches, tied the foxes together in pairs at their tails, and fastened a torch between each pair of tails.

NET Bible
Samson went and captured three hundred jackals and got some torches. He tied the jackals in pairs by their tails and then tied a torch to each pair.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
So Samson caught 300 foxes. He tied them together in pairs by their tails. Then he fastened a torch between their tails.

King James 2000 Bible
And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put a torch in the midst between two tails.
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