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And the wifeוַ אֵשֶׁתof Samsonשִׁמְשׁוֹןbecameתְּהִיthe wife of his companion,לְמֵרֵעֵהוּwhoאֲשֶׁרhad been a companionרֵעָהto him.לוֹ
Judges 14:20
Study it in the app“And the wife of Samson became the wife of his companion, who had been a companion to him.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 14:20, word by word
- And the wifeאֵשֶׁתeshet
wife
Literally "his woman": the one married to him.
Where else “eshet” appears- of Samsonשִׁמְשׁוֹןshimshon
Samson
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” appears- becameתְּהִיtehi
become
To turn into something new, or fall upon someone.
Where else “tehi” appears- the wife of his companionמֵרֵעֵmeree
friend, adviser
Trusted friend, adviser.
Where else “meree” appears- had been a companionרֵעָהrea
keep company
To go about in company with someone, treat him as a friend.
Where else “rea” appears
Translation note
It can be understood that he was one of the thirty wedding companions (verse 11).
The context
19Then the spirit of YHWH came powerfully upon him, and he went down to Ashkelon and struck thirty men of them, took what they had on, and gave the changes of clothes to those who had explained the riddle. And his anger burned, and he went up to his father’s house.
20 · This verse (above)