| 1. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Judges 15:1:1 ⧉וַיְהִ֨יvayehiand it happened Judges 15:1:2 ⧉מִיָּמִ֜יםmiyamimafter days Judges 15:1:3 ⧉בִּימֵ֣יbimein the days of Judges 15:1:4 ⧉קְצִיר־חִטִּ֗יםketsirkhitimharvest of wheat Judges 15:1:5 ⧉וַיִּפְקֹ֨דvayifkodand visited Judges 15:1:6 ⧉שִׁמְשׁ֤וֹןshimshonSamson Judges 15:1:7 ⧉אֶת־אִשְׁתּוֹ֙etishto{direct object} his wife Judges 15:1:8 ⧉בִּגְדִ֣יbigdiwith a young goat Judges 15:1:9 ⧉עִזִּ֔יםizimof goats Judges 15:1:10 ⧉וַיֹּ֕אמֶרvayomerand he said Judges 15:1:11 ⧉אָבֹ֥אָהavoalet me go in Judges 15:1:12 ⧉אֶל־אִשְׁתִּ֖יelishtito my wife Judges 15:1:13 ⧉הֶחָ֑דְרָהhekhadrehainto the inner room Judges 15:1:14 ⧉וְלֹֽא־נְתָנ֥וֹvelonatanobut he did not allow him Judges 15:1:15 ⧉אָבִ֖יהָavihaher father Judges 15:1:16 ⧉לָבֽוֹא׃lavoto go in |
| 1. Formal Translation After several days, at the time of the wheat harvest, Samson came to see his wife, bringing a young goat. He said, “I will go into my wife’s inner chamber,” but her father would not let him enter. |
| 1. Dynamic Translation Later, while the wheat was being harvested, Samson went back to visit his wife, carrying a kid. He said, “I want to enter my wife’s room,” but her father refused him entry. |