| 3. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Judges 16:3:1 ⧉וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣בvayishkavand he lay down Judges 16:3:2 ⧉שִׁמְשׁוֹן֮shimshonSamson Judges 16:3:3 ⧉עַד־חֲצִ֣יadkhatsiuntil half of Judges 16:3:4 ⧉הַלַּיְלָה֒halailathe night Judges 16:3:5 ⧉וַיָּ֣קָםvayakamand he rose Judges 16:3:6 ⧉בַּחֲצִ֣יbakhatsiat half of Judges 16:3:7 ⧉הַלַּ֗יְלָהhalailathe night Judges 16:3:8 ⧉וַיֶּאֱחֹ֞זvayeekhozand he seized Judges 16:3:9 ⧉בְּדַלְת֤וֹתbedaltotthe doors of Judges 16:3:10 ⧉שַֽׁעַר־הָעִיר֙shaarhairthe gate of the city Judges 16:3:11 ⧉וּבִשְׁתֵּ֣יuvishteiand with two of Judges 16:3:12 ⧉הַמְּזוּז֔וֹתhamezuzotthe doorposts Judges 16:3:13 ⧉וַיִּסָּעֵם֙vayissaemand he pulled them up Judges 16:3:14 ⧉עִֽם־הַבְּרִ֔יחַimhaberiakhwith the bar Judges 16:3:15 ⧉וַיָּ֖שֶׂםvayasemand he put Judges 16:3:16 ⧉עַל־כְּתֵפָ֑יוalketefaivupon his shoulders Judges 16:3:17 ⧉וַֽיַּעֲלֵם֙vayaalemand he brought them up Judges 16:3:18 ⧉אֶל־רֹ֣אשׁelroshto the top of Judges 16:3:19 ⧉הָהָ֔רhaharthe hill Judges 16:3:20 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֖רasherwhich Judges 16:3:21 ⧉עַל־פְּנֵ֥יalpeneibefore Judges 16:3:22 ⧉חֶבְרֽוֹן׃פkhevronHebron |
| 3. Formal Translation Samson lay down until midnight, and then he arose and grasped the doors of the city gate along with the two doorposts, carried them together with the bolt, placed them on his shoulders, and brought them up to the top of the mountain that faces Hebron. |
| 3. Dynamic Translation Samson slept until the middle of the night. At midnight he got up, grabbed the town gate’s doors and its two doorposts, pulled them out with the bolt, put them on his shoulders, and carried them to the top of the hill across from Hebron. |