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Judges 16:29
“And Samson took hold of the two middle pillars upon which the house stood, and on which it was borne up, of the one with his right hand, and of the other with his left.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H3943 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to bend, i.e. (by implication) to clasp; also (reflexively) to turn around or aside
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- take hold, turn aside (self).
- Grammar
- וַ — conjunction
- יִּלְפֹּ֨ת — verb Qal, sequential imperfect, 3rd person, masculine, singular
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read לָפַת here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.