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From Sleep to Strength: The Aorist Narrative Drive of Judges 16:3 LXX

Καὶ ἐκοιμήθη Σαμψων ἕως τοῦ μεσονυκτίου καὶ ἀνέστη περὶ τὸ μεσονύκτιον καὶ ἐπελάβετο τῶν θυρῶν τῆς πύλης τῆς πόλεως καὶ τῶν δύο σταθμῶν καὶ ἀνεβάστασεν αὐτὰς σὺν τῷ μοχλῷ καὶ ἐπέθηκεν ἐπὶ τῷ ὤμῳ αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀνήνεγκεν αὐτὰ ἐπὶ τὴν κορυφὴν τοῦ ὄρους ὅ ἐστιν ἐπὶ πρόσωπον Χεβρων καὶ ἔθηκεν αὐτὰ ἐκεῖ (Judges 16:3 LXX)

And Samson slept until midnight, and he rose about midnight, and he seized the doors of the gate of the city and the two posts, and he lifted them up with the bar, and he placed them on his shoulder, and he carried them to the top of the mountain which is opposite Ḥebron, and he set them there.… Learn Koine Greek

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