Judges 15:4-5

Leeser⁽ⁱ⁾ ⁴ And Samson went and caught three hundred foxes, and took torches, and turned tail to tail, and put one torch between two tails in the midst; ⁵ And he set the torches on fire, and let them go into the standing corn of the Philistines, and burnt up both shocks and standing corn, as also olive-yards.

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caught three.Dr. Kennicott and others contend, that for {sh\u65533 \u65533 lim,} "foxes," we should read {sh\u65533 \u65533 lim,} "handfuls," or sheaves of corn. But, 1. The word {lachad,} rendered caught, never signifies simply to get or take but always to catch, seize, or take by assault or stratagem. 2. Though the proposed alteration is sanctioned by seven MSS., yet all the versions are on the other side. 3. Admitting this alteration, it will be difficult to prove that the word {sh\u65533 \u65533 l} means either a sheaf or a handful of corn in the ear, and straw. It occurs but thrice in Scriptures (1 Ki 20:10. Isa 40:12. Eze 13:9): where it evidently means as much as can be contained in the hollow of the hand; but when handfuls of grain in the shock, or sheaves are intended, very different words are used. See Ru 2.15, 16, etc. 4. It is not hinted that Samson collected them alone, or in one day; he might have employed many hands and several days in the work. 5. The word {sh\u65533 \u65533 l} properly denotes the jackal, which travellers describe as an animal in size between the wolf and fox, gregarious, as many as 200 having been seen together, and the most numerous of any in eastern countries; so that Samson might have caught many of them together in nets.
Psalms 63:10; Song of Songs 2:15; Lamentations 5:18
firebrands. or, torches.