| 30. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Judges 16:30:1 ⧉וַיֹּ֣אמֶרvayomerand he said Judges 16:30:2 ⧉שִׁמְשׁ֗וֹןshimshonSamson Judges 16:30:3 ⧉תָּמ֣וֹתtamotlet die Judges 16:30:4 ⧉נַפְשִׁי֮nafshimy life or my soul Judges 16:30:5 ⧉עִם־פְּלִשְׁתִּים֒impelishtimwith Philistines Judges 16:30:6 ⧉וַיֵּ֣טvayetand he bent or stretched Judges 16:30:7 ⧉בְּכֹ֔חַbekhoakhwith strength or with power Judges 16:30:8 ⧉וַיִּפֹּ֤לvayipoland fell Judges 16:30:9 ⧉הַבַּ֙יִת֙habayitthe house Judges 16:30:10 ⧉עַל־הַסְּרָנִ֔יםalhaseranimupon the lords Judges 16:30:11 ⧉וְעַל־כָּל־הָעָ֖םvealkolhaamand upon all the people Judges 16:30:12 ⧉אֲשֶׁר־בּ֑וֹasherbowho were in it Judges 16:30:13 ⧉וַיִּהְי֤וּvayihyuand were Judges 16:30:14 ⧉הַמֵּתִים֙hametimthe dead Judges 16:30:15 ⧉אֲשֶׁ֣רasherwhom or which Judges 16:30:16 ⧉הֵמִ֣יתhemithe killed Judges 16:30:17 ⧉בְּמוֹת֔וֹbemotoin his death Judges 16:30:18 ⧉רַבִּ֕יםrabimmany Judges 16:30:19 ⧉מֵאֲשֶׁ֥רmeashermore than Judges 16:30:20 ⧉הֵמִ֖יתhemithe killed Judges 16:30:21 ⧉בְּחַיָּֽיו׃bekhayavin his life |
| 30. Formal Translation And Samson said, “Let my soul die with the Philistines!” And he bent with strength, and the house fell upon the rulers and upon all the people who were in it. So the dead whom he killed in his death were more than those whom he killed in his life. |
| 30. Dynamic Translation Samson cried out, “Let me die together with the Philistines!” Then he pushed with all his might and the building collapsed on the leaders and everyone inside. In his death he killed more people than he had in his life. |