Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleThen Samson went out and caught three hundred foxes. And he took torches, turned the foxes tail-to-tail, and fastened a torch between each pair of tails. Young's Literal Translation And Samson goeth and catcheth three hundred foxes, and taketh torches, and turneth tail unto tail, and putteth a torch between the two tails, in the midst, 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. Hebrew Then Samsonשִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן (šim·šō·wn) Noun - proper - masculine singular Strong's 8123: Samson -- a deliverer of Israel went out וַיֵּ֣לֶךְ (way·yê·leḵ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 1980: To go, come, walk and caught וַיִּלְכֹּ֖ד (way·yil·kōḏ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3920: To catch, to capture, occupy, to choose, to cohere three שְׁלֹשׁ־ (šə·lōš-) Number - feminine singular construct Strong's 7969: Three, third, thrice hundred מֵא֣וֹת (mê·’ō·wṯ) Number - feminine plural Strong's 3967: A hundred foxes. שׁוּעָלִ֑ים (šū·‘ā·lîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 7776: Fox, perhaps jackal And he took וַיִּקַּ֣ח (way·yiq·qaḥ) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 3947: To take torches, לַפִּדִ֗ים (lap·pi·ḏîm) Noun - masculine plural Strong's 3940: A flambeau, lamp, flame turned וַיֶּ֤פֶן (way·ye·p̄en) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 6437: To turn, to face, appear, look the foxes tail-to-tail, זָנָב֙ (zā·nāḇ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 2180: Tail, end, stump and fastened וַיָּ֨שֶׂם (way·yā·śem) Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular Strong's 7760: Put -- to put, place, set a אֶחָ֛ד (’e·ḥāḏ) Number - masculine singular Strong's 259: United, one, first torch לַפִּ֥יד (lap·pîḏ) Noun - masculine singular Strong's 3940: A flambeau, lamp, flame between בֵּין־ (bên-) Preposition Strong's 996: An interval, space between each pair שְׁנֵ֥י (šə·nê) Number - mdc Strong's 8147: Two (a cardinal number) of tails. הַזְּנָב֖וֹת (haz·zə·nā·ḇō·wṯ) Article | Noun - masculine plural Strong's 2180: Tail, end, stump |