Study it in the app“Samson went down, and his father and his mother, to Timnah, and they came as far as the vineyards of Timnah; and look, a young lion came roaring to meet him.”
Samsonשִׁמְשׁוֹןwent down,וַיֵּרֶדand his fatherוְאָבִיוand his mother,וְאִמּוֹto Timnah,תִּמְנָתָהand they cameוַיָּבֹאוּas far asעַדthe vineyardsכַּרְמֵיof Timnah;תִמְנָתָהand look,וְהִנֵּהa young lionכְּפִיר אֲרָיוֹתcame roaringשֹׁאֵגto meet him.לִקְרָאתוֹ
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” appearsgo down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yered” 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 “im” appearsTimnah
Timnah, the name of two towns, one in the hill country of Judah.
Where else “timnata” appearscome
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “yavou” appearsvineyard
Vineyard.
Where else “karme” appearsyoung lion
A young, strong lion.
Where else “kefir” appearslion
Lion.
Where else “arayot” appearsroar
To give a deep loud cry, like a lion or YHWH from Zion.
Where else “shoeg” appearsmeet
To go out to greet someone who arrives, in order to receive him.
Where else “kerat” appears4His father and his mother did not know that it was from YHWH, for he was seeking an occasion against the Philistines. At that time the Philistines were ruling over Israel.
5 · This verse (above)
6And the spirit of YHWH came powerfully upon him, and he tore it apart as one tears apart a young goat, and he had nothing in his hand; but he did not tell his father or his mother what he had done.
