Judges 16:2
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
When the Gazites heard that Samson was there, they surrounded that place and lay in wait for him all night at the city gate. They were quiet throughout the night, saying, “Let us wait until dawn; then we will kill him.”

Young's Literal Translation
[it is told] to the Gazathites, saying, ‘Samson hath come in hither;’ and they go round and lay wait for him all the night at the gate of the city, and keep themselves silent all the night, saying, ‘Till the light of the morning—then we have slain him.’

King James Bible
[And it was told] the Gazites, saying, Samson is come hither. And they compassed [him] in, and laid wait for him all night in the gate of the city, and were quiet all the night, saying, In the morning, when it is day, we shall kill him.

Hebrew
When the Gazites
לַֽעַזָּתִ֣ים ׀ (la·‘az·zā·ṯîm)
Preposition-l, Article | Noun - proper - masculine plural
Strong's 5841: Gazite -- inhabitant of Gaza

heard that Samson
שִׁמְשׁוֹן֙ (šim·šō·wn)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's 8123: Samson -- a deliverer of Israel

was there,
הֵ֔נָּה (hên·nāh)
Adverb
Strong's 2008: Hither, thither

they surrounded [that place]
וַיָּסֹ֛בּוּ (way·yā·sōb·bū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 5437: To turn about, go around, surround

and lay in wait
וַיֶּאֶרְבוּ־ (way·ye·’er·ḇū-)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 693: To lie in wait

for him
ל֥וֹ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

all
כָל־ (ḵāl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

night
הַלַּ֖יְלָה (hal·lay·lāh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3915: A twist, night, adversity

at the city
הָעִ֑יר (hā·‘îr)
Article | Noun - feminine singular
Strong's 5892: Excitement

gate.
בְּשַׁ֣עַר (bə·ša·‘ar)
Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 8179: An opening, door, gate

They were quiet
וַיִּתְחָרְשׁ֤וּ (way·yiṯ·ḥā·rə·šū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hitpael - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 2790: To cut in, engrave, plow, devise

throughout
כָל־ (ḵāl)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's 3605: The whole, all, any, every

the night,
הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ (hal·lay·lāh)
Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3915: A twist, night, adversity

saying,
לֵאמֹ֔ר (lê·mōr)
Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“Let us wait until
עַד־ (‘aḏ-)
Preposition
Strong's 5704: As far as, even to, up to, until, while

dawn;
א֥וֹר (’ō·wr)
Noun - common singular construct
Strong's 216: Illumination, luminary

then we will kill him.”
וַהֲרְגְנֻֽהוּ׃‪‬ (wa·hăr·ḡə·nu·hū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common plural | third person masculine singular
Strong's 2026: To smite with deadly intent

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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