Study it in the app“So 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?””
So the wifeוַ אֵשֶׁתof Samsonשִׁמְשׁוֹןweptתֵּבְךְּover himעָלָיוand said,וַתֹּאמֶר“You onlyרַקhate me;שְׂנֵאתַנִיyou do notוְלֹאlove me.אֲהַבְתָּנִיThe riddleהַחִידָהyou have proposedחַדְתָּto the sonsלִבְנֵיof my people,עַמִּיbutוְto meלִיyou have notלֹאexplained it.”הִגַּדְתָּהAnd he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto her,לָהּ“Look,הִנֵּהto my fatherלְאָבִיand to my motherוּלְאִמִּיI have notלֹאexplained it,הִגַּדְתִּיandוְto youלָךְshould I explain it?”אַגִּיד
wife
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” appearsweep
Weep, cry; mourn for someone.
Where else “tevk” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appearshate
To feel rejection and hostility toward someone, to the point of wishing him harm.
Where else “seneta” appearslove
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “ahavta” appearsriddle
Riddle: an obscure saying that must be worked out; a puzzle.
Where else “chida” appearspropound a riddle
Propound a riddle: put a riddle to others for them to solve. The word comes from "tie a knot."
Where else “chadta” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appearskin
Relatives: "gathered to his people" at death.
Where else “ami” appearsexplain
To make known the meaning of a dream.
Where else “higadta” appearsfather
The man who begets a child and heads his household.
Where else “avi” appearsmother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “imi” appears15And 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?”
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17She wept over him the seven days that they had the feast; and it happened on the seventh day that he explained it to her, because she pressed him hard; and she explained the riddle to the sons of her people.
