| 3. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Judges 14:3:1 ⧉וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvayomerand he said Judges 14:3:2 ⧉ל֜וֹloto him Judges 14:3:3 ⧉אָבִ֣יוavivhis father Judges 14:3:4 ⧉וְאִמּ֗וֹveimoand his mother Judges 14:3:5 ⧉הַאֵין֩haenis there not Judges 14:3:6 ⧉בִּבְנ֨וֹתbivnotamong the daughters of Judges 14:3:7 ⧉אַחֶ֤יךָakhekhayour brothers Judges 14:3:8 ⧉וּבְכָל־עַמִּי֙uvekholamiand among all my people Judges 14:3:9 ⧉אִשָּׁ֔הishaa woman Judges 14:3:10 ⧉כִּֽי־אַתָּ֤הkiatathat you Judges 14:3:11 ⧉הוֹלֵךְ֙holekhare going Judges 14:3:12 ⧉לָקַ֣חַתlakhakhatto take Judges 14:3:13 ⧉אִשָּׁ֔הishaa woman Judges 14:3:14 ⧉מִפְּלִשְׁתִּ֖יםmipelishtimfrom the Philistines Judges 14:3:15 ⧉הָעֲרֵלִ֑יםhaarelimthe uncircumcised ones Judges 14:3:16 ⧉וַיֹּ֨אמֶרvayomerand he said Judges 14:3:17 ⧉שִׁמְשׁ֤וֹןshimshonSamson Judges 14:3:18 ⧉אֶל־אָבִיו֙elavivto his father Judges 14:3:19 ⧉אוֹתָ֣הּotaher Judges 14:3:20 ⧉קַֽח־לִ֔יkakhlitake for me Judges 14:3:21 ⧉כִּֽי־הִ֖יאkihifor she Judges 14:3:22 ⧉יָשְׁרָ֥הyashrais right Judges 14:3:23 ⧉בְעֵינָֽי׃veenaiin my eyes |
| 3. Formal Translation And his father and his mother said to him, “Is there not a woman among the daughters of your brothers or among all my people that you must go and take a wife from the uncircumcised Philistines?” But Samson said to his father, “Take her for me, for she is right {yashrah: upright, fitting} in my eyes.” |
| 3. Dynamic Translation His father and his mother said to him, “Is there no woman among your relatives or among all our people that you must go to the uncircumcised Philistines to get a wife?” But Samson said to his father, “Get her for me, for she is right in my eyes.” |