Verse 3
Judges 16:3
Young's Literal Translation
3
And Samson lieth down till the middle of the night, and riseth in the middle of the night, and layeth hold on the doors of the gate of the city, and on the two side posts, and removeth them with the bar, and putteth on his shoulders, and taketh them up unto the top of the hill, which [is] on the front of Hebron.
Original Language Text
hebrew
וַ/יִּשְׁכַּ֣ב שִׁמְשׁוֹן֮ עַד חֲצִ֣י הַ/לַּיְלָה֒ וַ/יָּ֣קָם בַּ/חֲצִ֣י הַ/לַּ֗יְלָה וַ/יֶּאֱחֹ֞ז בְּ/דַלְת֤וֹת שַֽׁעַר הָ/עִיר֙ וּ/בִ/שְׁתֵּ֣י הַ/מְּזוּז֔וֹת וַ/יִּסָּעֵ/ם֙ עִֽם הַ/בְּרִ֔יחַ וַ/יָּ֖שֶׂם עַל כְּתֵפָ֑י/ו וַֽ/יַּעֲלֵ/ם֙ אֶל רֹ֣אשׁ הָ/הָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל פְּנֵ֥י חֶבְרֽוֹן
English Translation
And Samson lay until midnight, and he arose at midnight and took hold of the doors of the city gate and the two doorposts, and he pulled them up with the bar and put them on his shoulders, and he carried them to the top of the hill that is opposite Hebron.
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Chapter 16 Context
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And it cometh to pass, because she distressed him with her words all the days, and doth urge him, an...
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and she saith, 'Philistines [are] upon thee, Samson;' and he awaketh out of his sleep, and saith, 'I...
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And the Philistines seize him, and pick out his eyes, and bring him down to Gaza, and bind him with...
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And the hair of his head beginneth to shoot up, when he hath been shaven,
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