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He struckוַיַּךְthemאוֹתָםlegשׁוֹקonעַלthigh,יָרֵךְa greatגְדוֹלָהblow;מַכָּהand he went downוַיֵּרֶדand stayedוַיֵּשֶׁבin the cleftבִּסְעִיףof the cragסֶלַעof Etam.עֵיטָם
Judges 15:8
Study it in the app“He struck them leg on thigh, a great blow; and he went down and stayed in the cleft of the crag of Etam.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 15:8, word by word
- He struckיַּךְyach
defeat
To attack and beat in battle.
Where else “yach” appears- legשׁוֹקshok
thigh, leg
Thigh, leg of an animal or a person.
Where else “shok” appears- thighיָרֵךְyarech
thigh
The part of the leg near the hip, where the sword is strapped and an oath is sworn.
Where else “yarech” appears- a greatגְדוֹלָהgedola
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gedola” appears- blowמַכָּהmaka
wound
The harm a blow leaves: a wound or a sore on the body.
Where else “maka” appears- and he went downיֵּרֶדyered
go down
To go from a higher place to a lower one, like from the mountain to the valley.
Where else “yered” appears- and stayedיֵּשֶׁבyeshev
stay
To remain in a place.
Where else “yeshev” appears- in the cleftסְעִיףseif
cleft
A crack in a rock.
Where else “seif” appears- of the cragסֶלַעsela
crag
A great mountain stone, a place of refuge.
Where else “sela” appears- of Etamעֵיטָםetam
Etam
Etam, a place in Judah with a rock where Samson took refuge; also a town of Judah fortified by Rehoboam (2 Chronicles 11:6).
Where else “etam” appears
Translation note
“Leg on thigh” is a Hebrew saying whose exact sense is not known; the verse itself adds “a great blow.”
The context
7And Samson said to them, “If you act like this, surely I will take vengeance on you, and after that I will cease.”
8 · This verse (above)
9Then the Philistines came up and encamped in Judah and spread out in Lehi.