InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Hero C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21
Hero 15 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V19 V20
◄ ← HERO (JDG) 15:18 ↓ → ► ║ ≡ ©
People tagged in the matching LV passage: God
OET-LV And_he_was_thirsty very and_he/it_called to YHWH and_he_said you you_have_given by_the_hand_of your_servant_of_your DOM the_victory the_big/large/great(fs) (the)_this and_now I_will_die with_thirst and_I_will_fall in_the_hand_of the_uncircumcised_men.
OET (OET-RV) Then he was very thirsty and cried out to Yahweh, “You yourself have given your servant this great victory, but now must I die with this thirst and get captured by those uncircumcised Pelishtim?”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
אַתָּה֙ נָתַ֣תָּ בְיַֽד־עַבְדְּךָ֔ אֶת־הַתְּשׁוּעָ֥ה הַגְּדֹלָ֖ה הַזֹּ֑את
(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_was_thirsty very and=he/it_called to/towards YHWH and,he_said you(ms) given by,the_hand_of your_servant_of,your DOM the,victory the=big/large/great(fs) (the),this and=now die with,thirst and,I_will_fall in,the_hand_of of,the_uncircumcised_[men] )
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of salvation, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [You have enabled your servant to do this great deed to help save your people]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person
בְיַֽד־עַבְדְּךָ֔
by,the_hand_of (Some words not found in UHB: and,he_was_thirsty very and=he/it_called to/towards YHWH and,he_said you(ms) given by,the_hand_of your_servant_of,your DOM the,victory the=big/large/great(fs) (the),this and=now die with,thirst and,I_will_fall in,the_hand_of of,the_uncircumcised_[men] )
Samson is speaking about himself in the third person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this in the first person. Alternate translation: [by my hand]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
וְעַתָּה֙ אָמ֣וּת בַּצָּמָ֔א וְנָפַלְתִּ֖י בְּיַ֥ד הָעֲרֵלִֽים
(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_was_thirsty very and=he/it_called to/towards YHWH and,he_said you(ms) given by,the_hand_of your_servant_of,your DOM the,victory the=big/large/great(fs) (the),this and=now die with,thirst and,I_will_fall in,the_hand_of of,the_uncircumcised_[men] )
Samson is using the question form for emphasis. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: [and now I do not want to die of thirst and fall into the hand of the uncircumcised!]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
בְּיַ֥ד הָעֲרֵלִֽים
(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_was_thirsty very and=he/it_called to/towards YHWH and,he_said you(ms) given by,the_hand_of your_servant_of,your DOM the,victory the=big/large/great(fs) (the),this and=now die with,thirst and,I_will_fall in,the_hand_of of,the_uncircumcised_[men] )
Samson is using the word uncircumcised by association to mean the Philistines, who did not practice circumcision. Alternate translation: [into the hand of the Philistines]
OET-LV And_he_was_thirsty very and_he/it_called to YHWH and_he_said you you_have_given by_the_hand_of your_servant_of_your DOM the_victory the_big/large/great(fs) (the)_this and_now I_will_die with_thirst and_I_will_fall in_the_hand_of the_uncircumcised_men.
OET (OET-RV) Then he was very thirsty and cried out to Yahweh, “You yourself have given your servant this great victory, but now must I die with this thirst and get captured by those uncircumcised Pelishtim?”
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.