But he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto me,לִי‘Look,הִנָּyou will beךְpregnantהָרָהand bearוְיֹלַדְתְּa son;בֵּןso nowוְעַתָּהdo notאַלdrinkתִּשְׁתִּיwineיַיִןorוְintoxicating drink,שֵׁכָרandוְdo notאַלeatתֹּאכְלִיanyכָּלuncleanness,טֻמְאָהforכִּיthe boyהַנַּעַרshall beיִהְיֶהa Naziriteנְזִירof Elohimאֱלֹהִיםfromמִןthe wombהַבֶּטֶןuntilעַדthe dayיוֹםof his death.’”מוֹתוֹ
Judges 13:7
Study it in the app“But he said to me, ‘Look, you will be pregnant and bear a son; so now do not drink wine or intoxicating drink, and do not eat any uncleanness, for the boy shall be a Nazirite of Elohim from the womb until the day of his death.’””
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 13:7, word by word
- But he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- pregnantהָרָהhara
pregnant
Pregnant, with child.
Where else “hara” appears- and bearיֹלַדְתְּyoladt
bear
To bring a child into the world, giving birth after pregnancy.
Where else “yoladt” appears- a sonבֵּןben
son
The male born of a father and mother; in the plural, also sons and daughters.
Where else “ben” appears- drinkתִּשְׁתִּיtishti
drink
Drink.
Where else “tishti” appears- wineיַיִןyayin
wine
Wine; also drunkenness.
Where else “yayin” appears- intoxicating drinkשֵׁכָרshechar
intoxicating drink
Intoxicating drink made from fermented grain or fruit; distinct from grape wine.
Where else “shechar” appears- eatתֹּאכְלִיtochli
eat
To bring food to the mouth and swallow it, above all at a shared table.
Where else “tochli” appears- uncleannessטֻמְאָהtuma
uncleanness
The state of one who cannot approach what is holy until washed and waiting.
Where else “tuma” appears- the boyנַּעַרnaar
boy
A child or a young man who is still growing and does not rule a household.
Where else “naar” appears- shall beיִהְיֶהyihye
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yihye” appears- a Naziriteנְזִירnezir
Nazirite
Someone set apart for God by a special vow.
Where else “nezir” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- the wombבֶּטֶןbeten
womb
The belly where a mother carries her child.
Where else “beten” appears- the dayיוֹםyom
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appears- of his death.’מוֹתmot
death
The end of life: when someone stops breathing and returns to dust.
Where else “mot” appears
The context
6Then the woman came and said to her husband, “A man of Elohim came to me, and his appearance was like the appearance of the angel of Elohim, very fearsome. And I did not ask him where he was from, and his name he did not tell me.
7 · This verse (above)
8Then Manoah pleaded with YHWH and said, “Pardon, Adonai, let the man of Elohim whom you sent come again, please, to us and teach us what we should do for the boy who will be born.”