Study it in the app“And it happened on the seventh day that they said to the wife of Samson, “Seduce your husband so that he explains to us the riddle, or we will burn you and your father’s house with fire. Have you invited us to dispossess us? Is it not so?””
And it happenedוַיְהִיon the seventhבַּ הַשְּׁבִיעִיdayיּוֹםthat they saidוַיֹּאמְרוּto the wifeלְאֵשֶׁתof Samson,שִׁמְשׁוֹן“Seduceפַּתִּיyour husbandאֶת אִישֵׁךְso that he explainsוְיַגֶּדto usלָנוּthe riddle,אֶת הַחִידָהorפֶּןwe will burnנִשְׂרֹףyouאוֹתָךְand your father’sוְאֶת אָבִיךְhouseבֵּיתwith fire.בָּאֵשׁHave you invitedקְרָאתֶםusלָנוּto dispossess us?הַלְיָרְשֵׁנוּIs it not so?”הֲלֹא
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appearsseventh
Seventh.
Where else “shevii” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yom” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearswife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “eshet” appearsSamson
Samson, son of Manoah, a Nazirite from birth and judge of Israel for twenty years. The name comes from the word for "sun."
Where else “shimshon” appearsentice
To win someone over by trickery.
Where else “pati” appearshusband
Literally "her man": the one married to her.
Where else “ishe” appearsexplain
To make known the meaning of a dream.
Where else “yaged” appearsriddle
Riddle: an obscure saying that must be worked out; a puzzle.
Where else “chida” appearsburn
Burn; bake in the fire.
Where else “nisrof” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearshousehold
The family, everyone living under one roof.
Where else “bet” appearsfire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appearscall
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “keratem” appearsdispossess
To drive others out of their land.
Where else “yarshe” appears14And he said to them, “Out of the eater came something to eat, and out of the strong came something sweet.” And they could not explain the riddle for three days.
15 · This verse (above)
16So the wife of Samson wept over him and said, “You only hate me; you do not love me. The riddle you have proposed to the sons of my people, but to me you have not explained it.” And he said to her, “Look, to my father and to my mother I have not explained it, and to you should I explain it?”
