Judges 15:6 — ExegesisTAB

The verse frames a dialogue with the repetitive term vayomeru {וַיֹּאמְרוּ | wayyōmerû} ‘and they said,’ marking both the inquiry and the response. The construct phrase chatan hattimni {חֲתַן הַתִּמְנִי | ḥāṯān hattimnî} ‘son-in-law of the Timnite’ establishes Samson’s social role. The conjunction ki {כִּי | kî} ‘because’ introduces the causal clause explaining motive. The vav-consecutive sequence vayittenah {וַיִּתְּנָהּ | wayyiṯnâh} ‘and he gave her,’ vaya’alu {וַיַּעֲל֣וּ | wayyaʿalû} ‘and they went up,’ and vayisrefu {וַיִּשְׂרְפ֥וּ | wayyisrefû} ‘and they burned’ builds narrative momentum toward the violent climax, while the direct object markers et and ve-et highlight the victims of the burning.