Judges 14:9

And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating, and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat: but he told not them that he had taken the honey out of the carcase of the lion.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
took	וַיִּרְדֵּ֣הוּ vai.yir.De.hu	H7287	to tread down · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
hands	כַּפָּ֗יו ka.Pav	H3709	the hollow hand or palm (so of the paw of an animal · noun, common feminine dual construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
on	יָלַךְ yâlak	H3212	to walk (literally or figuratively)
eating	וְאָכֹ֔ל ve.'a.Khol	H398	to eat (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, qal infinitive absolute
came	וַיֵּ֤לֶךְ vai.Ye.lekh	H1980	to walk (in a great variety of applications · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
father	אָבִ֣יו 'a.Viv	H1	father · noun, common masculine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
mother	אִמּ֔וֹ 'i.Mo	H517	a mother (as the bond of the family) · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
gave	וַיִּתֵּ֥ן vai.yi.Ten	H5414	to give · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
eat	וַיֹּאכֵ֑לוּ vai.yo.Khe.lu	H398	to eat (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
told	הִגִּ֣יד hi.Gid	H5046	properly · verb, hiphil perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
taken	רָדָ֥ה ra.Dah	H7287	to tread down · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
honey	הַדְּבָֽשׁ ha.de.Vash	H1706	honey (from its stickiness) · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
carcase	מִגְּוִיַּ֥ת mi.ge.vi.Yat	H1472	a body · preposition + noun, common feminine singular construct
lion	הָאַרְיֵ֖ה ha.'ar.Yeh	H738	a lion · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Cross-references

1 Samuel 14:25-30 And all they of the land came to a wood; and there was honey upon the ground.
Proverbs 25:15 By long forbearing is a prince persuaded, and a soft tongue breaketh the bone.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 14:1-9

Here, I. Samson, under the extraordinary guidance of Providence, seeks an occasion of quarrelling with the Philistines, by joining in affinity with them - a strange method, but the truth is Samson was himself a riddle, a paradox of a man, did that which was really great and good, by that which was seemingly weak and evil, because he was designed not to be a pattern to us (who must walk by rule, not by example), but a type of him who, though he knew no sin, was made sin for us, and appeared in the likeness of sinful flesh, that he might condemn and destroy sin in the flesh, Rom 8:3. 1. As the negotiation of Samson's marriage was a common case, we may observe, (1.) That is was weakly and fooli…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 14:8

after a time he returned to take her--probably after the lapse of a year, the usual interval between the ceremonies of betrothal and marriage. It was spent by the bride elect with her parents in preparation for the nuptials; and at the proper time the bridegroom returned to take her home. he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees and honey in the carcass of the lion--In such a climate, the myriads of insects and the ravages of birds of prey, together with the influences of the solar rays, would, in a few months, put the carcass in a state inviting to such cleanly animals as bees.

John Gill on Judges 14:9

And he took thereof in his hands, and went on eating,.... Josephus (k) says he took three honeycombs, he means three pieces of the honeycomb, and ate the honey as he went along to Timnath; which he might do without touching the carcass of the lion, and defiling himself thereby, which, as a Nazarite, he was more especially to be careful of: and came to his father and mother, and he gave them, and they did eat; who went down with him to the consummation of the marriage, and from whom he had turned a little aside; and now overtook them, and to whom he gave some of his honey to eat, which, having travelled some way, might be grateful to them. The above writer takes no notice of this, but says h…

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Dictionary and topics

Timnath — Gen. 38:12, 14. (1.) Heb. Timnathah, which is appropriately rendered in the Revised Version, Timnah, a town in Judah. (2.) The town where Samson sojourned, probably identical with “Timnah” (1) (Judg.…
Lion · .Sam — .Sam
Samson · His marriage feast and the riddle propoun — His marriage feast and the riddle propoun

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Judges 14:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 14:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 14:8

John Gill on Judges 14:9

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Judges 14:9

Word by word — the Hebrew

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 14:1-9

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 14:8

John Gill on Judges 14:9

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 14:9

Rashi on Judges 14:9