Study it in the app“And they said to him, “To bind you we have come down, to give you into the hand of the Philistines.” And Samson said to them, “Swear to me that you will not attack me.””
And they saidוַיֹּאמְרוּto him,לוֹ“To bind youלֶאֱסָרְךָwe have come down,יָרַדְנוּto give youלְתִתְּךָinto the handבְּיַדof the Philistines.”פְּלִשְׁתִּיםAnd Samsonוַ שִׁמְשׁוֹןsaidיֹּאמֶרto them,לָהֶם“Swearהִשָּׁבְעוּto meלִיthat youאַתֶּםwill notפֶּןattackתִּפְגְּעוּןme.”בִּי
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appearsbind
To tie with ropes, or yoke animals.
Where else “esar” appearsgo down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yaradnu” appearshand over
To hand someone over to another's power, giving that one victory.
Where else “tit” appearspower
Literally "the hand": the strength and control someone has.
Where else “yad” appearsPhilistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “pelishtim” 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” appearsswear
To promise with God as witness.
Where else “hishavu” appearsfall upon
To fall on someone to wound or kill him.
Where else “tifgu” appears11Then three thousand men from Judah went down to the cleft of the crag of Etam and said to Samson, “Do you not know that the Philistines rule over us? What is this you have done to us?” And he said to them, “As they did to me, so I have done to them.”
12 · This verse (above)
13And they said to him, “No, but we will surely bind you and give you into their hand, but we will certainly not put you to death.” So they bound him with two new ropes and brought him up from the crag.
