Strong's Hebrew English Morphology 1980 [e] וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ way-yê-leḵ And went Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 8123 [e] שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן šim-šō-wn, Samson N-proper-ms 3920 [e] וַיִּלְכֹּ֖ד way-yil-kōḏ and caught Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 7969 [e] שְׁלֹשׁ־ šə-lōš- three Number-fsc 3967 [e] מֵא֣וֹת mê-’ō-wṯ hundred Number-fp 7776 [e] שׁוּעָלִ֑ים šū-‘ā-lîm; foxes N-mp 3947 [e] וַיִּקַּ֣ח way-yiq-qaḥ and he took Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 3940 [e] לַפִּדִ֗ים lap-pi-ḏîm, torches N-mp 6437 [e] וַיֶּ֤פֶן way-ye-p̄en and turned [the foxes] Conj-w | V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms 2180 [e] זָנָב֙ zā-nāḇ tail N-ms 413 [e] אֶל־ ’el- to Prep 2180 [e] זָנָ֔ב zā-nāḇ, tail N-ms 7760 [e] וַיָּ֨שֶׂם way-yā-śem and put Conj-w | V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms 3940 [e] לַפִּ֥יד lap-pîḏ torch N-ms 259 [e] אֶחָ֛ד ’e-ḥāḏ a Number-ms 996 [e] בֵּין־ bên- between Prep 8147 [e] שְׁנֵ֥י šə-nê [every] two Number-mdc 2180 [e] הַזְּנָב֖וֹת haz-zə-nā-ḇō-wṯ tails Art | N-mp 8432 [e] בַּתָּֽוֶךְ׃ bat-tā-weḵ. in the middle Prep-b, Art | N-ms

New American Standard Bible
Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned the foxes tail to tail and put one torch in the middle between two tails.

King James Bible
And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took firebrands, and turned tail to tail, and put a firebrand in the midst between two tails.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
So he went out and caught 300 foxes. He took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and put a torch between each pair of tails.

caught three. Dr. Kennicott and others contend, that for foxes, we should read handfuls or sheaves of corn. But

Judges 20:10 And we will take ten men of an hundred throughout all the tribes …

Ezekiel 13:9 And my hand shall be on the prophets that see vanity, and that divine …

Ruth 2:15,16 And when she was risen up to glean, Boaz commanded his young men, …

Psalm 63:10 They shall fall by the sword: they shall be a portion for foxes.

Songs 2:15 Take us the foxes, the little foxes, that spoil the vines: for our …

Lamentations 5:18 Because of the mountain of Zion, which is desolate, the foxes walk on it.

firebrands or touches

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