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There wasוַיְהִיa certainאֶחָדmanאִישׁfrom Zorah,מִצָּרְעָהof the familyמִמִּשְׁפַּחַתof the Danites,הַדָּנִיand his nameוּשְׁמוֹwasManoah.מָנוֹחַHis wifeוְאִשְׁתּוֹwasbarrenעֲקָרָהandוְhad notלֹאborne children.יָלָדָה
Judges 13:2
Study it in the app“There was a certain man from Zorah, of the family of the Danites, and his name was Manoah. His wife was barren and had not borne children.”
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Judges 13:2, word by word
- There wasיְהִיyehi
exist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “yehi” appears- a certainאֶחָדechad
a certain
Used as "a" or "some", to introduce someone.
Where else “echad” appears- manאִישׁish
man
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “ish” appears- from Zorahצָּרְעָהtsara
Zorah
Zorah: a town of the Shephelah, between Judah and Dan; Samson came from there (Judges 13:2).
Where else “tsara” appears- of the familyמִּשְׁפַּחַתmishpachat
family
A group of relatives within a tribe.
Where else “mishpachat” appears- of the Danitesדָּנִיdani
Danite
Danite: a person of the tribe of Dan.
Where else “dani” appears- and his nameשְׁמshem
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shem” appears- Manoahמָנוֹחַmanoach
Manoah
Manoah, of the tribe of Dan, the father of Samson. The name means "rest."
Where else “manoach” appears- His wifeאִשְׁתּisht
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “isht” appears- barrenעֲקָרָהakara
barren
Barren: unable to have children.
Where else “akara” appears- borne childrenיָלָדָהyalada
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yalada” appears
The context
1And the sons of Israel again did what was evil in the eyes of YHWH, and YHWH gave them into the hand of the Philistines forty years.
2 · This verse (above)
3And the angel of YHWH appeared to the woman and said to her, “Look now, you are barren and have not borne children; but you will conceive and bear a son.