Judges 14:18
Parallel Strong's
Berean Study Bible
Before sunset on the seventh day, the men of the city said to Samson: “What is sweeter than honey? And what is stronger than a lion?” So he said to them: “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have solved my riddle!”

Young's Literal Translation
And the men of the city say to him on the seventh day, before the sun goeth in:—‘What [is] sweeter than honey? And what stronger than a lion?’ And he saith to them: ‘Unless ye had ploughed with my heifer, Ye had not found out my riddle.’

King James Bible
And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What [is] sweeter than honey? and what [is] stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle.

Hebrew
Before
בְּטֶ֙רֶם֙ (bə·ṭe·rem)
Preposition-b | Adverb
Strong's 2962: Non-occurrence, not yet, before

sunset
יָבֹ֣א (yā·ḇō)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 935: To come in, come, go in, go

on the seventh
הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗י (haš·šə·ḇî·‘î)
Article | Number - ordinal masculine singular
Strong's 7637: Seventh (an ordinal number)

day,
בַּיּ֣וֹם (bay·yō·wm)
Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 3117: A day

the men
אַנְשֵׁ֨י (’an·šê)
Noun - masculine plural construct
Strong's 376: A man as an individual, a male person

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

said
וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ (way·yō·mə·rū)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural
Strong's 559: To utter, say

to [Samson]:
לוֹ֩ (lōw)
Preposition | third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew

“What
מַה־ (mah-)
Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

is sweeter
מָּת֣וֹק (mā·ṯō·wq)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 4966: Sweet, sweetness

than honey?
מִדְּבַ֔שׁ (mid·də·ḇaš)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 1706: Honey, syrup

And what [is]
וּמֶ֥ה (ū·meh)
Conjunctive waw | Interrogative
Strong's 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

stronger
עַ֖ז (‘az)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's 5794: Strong, vehement, harsh

than a lion?”
מֵאֲרִ֑י (mê·’ă·rî)
Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular
Strong's 738: A lion

So he said to them:
וַיֹּ֣אמֶר (way·yō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular
Strong's 559: To utter, say

“If you had not
לוּלֵא֙ (lū·lê)
Conjunction
Strong's 3884: If not, unless

plowed
חֲרַשְׁתֶּ֣ם (ḥă·raš·tem)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 2790: To cut in, engrave, plow, devise

with my heifer,
בְּעֶגְלָתִ֔י (bə·‘eḡ·lā·ṯî)
Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 5697: A, calf, one nearly grown

you would not
לֹ֥א (lō)
Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's 3808: Not, no

have solved
מְצָאתֶ֖ם (mə·ṣā·ṯem)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine plural
Strong's 4672: To come forth to, appear, exist, to attain, find, acquire, to occur, meet, be present

my riddle!”
חִידָתִֽי׃ (ḥî·ḏā·ṯî)
Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's 2420: A riddle, an enigmatic, perplexing saying or question

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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