Judges 13:18
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And he answered him: Why askest thou my name, which is wonderful?

Why askest.

Judges 13:6 And when she was come to her husband, she said to him: A man of God came to me, having the countenance of an angel, very awful. And when I asked him whence he came, and by what name he was called, he would not tell me:

Genesis 32:29 Jacob asked him: Tell me by what name art thou called? He answered: Why dost thou ask my name? And he blessed him in the same place.

secret.

Isaiah 9:6 For a CHILD IS BORN to us, and a son is given to us, and the government is upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, God the Mighty, the Father of the world to come, the Prince of Peace.

Context
The Birth of Samson
17And he said to him: What is thy name, that, if thy word shall come to pass, we may honour thee? 18And he answered him: Why askest thou my name, which is wonderful?19Then Manue took a kid of the flocks, and the libations, and put them upon a rock, offering to the Lord, who doth wonderful things: and he and his wife looked on.…
Cross References
Genesis 32:29
Jacob asked him: Tell me by what name art thou called? He answered: Why dost thou ask my name? And he blessed him in the same place.

Isaiah 9:6
For a CHILD IS BORN to us, and a son is given to us, and the government is upon his shoulder: and his name shall be called Wonderful, Counsellor, God the Mighty, the Father of the world to come, the Prince of Peace.

Lexicon
“Why
לָ֥מָּה (lām·māh)
Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

do you ask
תִּשְׁאַ֣ל (tiš·’al)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7592: To inquire, to request, to demand

My name,”
לִשְׁמִ֑י (liš·mî)
Preposition-l | Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 8034: A name

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

the Angel
מַלְאַ֣ךְ (mal·’aḵ)
Noun - masculine singular construct
Strong's Hebrew 4397: A messenger, of God, an angel

of the LORD,
יְהוָ֔ה (Yah·weh)
Noun - proper - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3068: LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel

“since it
וְהוּא־ (wə·hū-)
Conjunctive waw | Pronoun - third person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 1931: He, self, the same, this, that, as, are

is beyond comprehension?”
פֶ֛לִאי׃‪‬‪‬ (p̄e·li)
Adjective - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 6383: Wonderful, incomprehensible


Additional Translations
“Why do you ask My name,” said the Angel of the LORD, “since it is beyond comprehension?”And the angel of the LORD said to him, Why ask you thus after my name, seeing it is secret?

And the angel of Jehovah said unto him, Wherefore askest thou after my name, seeing it is wonderful?

And the angel of the Lord said to him, Why dost thou thus ask after my name; whereas it is wonderful?

And the Angel of Jehovah said to him, How is it that thou askest after my name, seeing it is wonderful?

And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore askest thou after my name, seeing it is wonderful?

And the angel of the LORD said to him, why askest thou thus after my name, seeing it is secret?

The angel of Yahweh said to him, "Why do you ask about my name, since it is wonderful?"

And the messenger of Jehovah saith to him, 'Why is this -- thou dost ask for My name? -- and it is Wonderful.'
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