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And Delilahוַ דְּלִילָהsaidתֹּאמֶרtoאֶלSamson,שִׁמְשׁוֹן“Look,הִנֵּהyou have deceivedהֵתַלְתָּmeבִּיand toldוַתְּדַבֵּרmeאֵלַיlies.כְּזָבִיםNowעַתָּהtellהַגִּידָהme,לִיplease,נָּאwith whatבַּמֶּהyou could be bound.”תֵּאָסֵר
Judges 16:10
Study it in the app“And Delilah said to Samson, “Look, you have deceived me and told me lies. Now tell me, please, with what you could be bound.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 16:10, word by word
- And Delilahדְּלִילָהdelila
Delilah
Delilah, the woman of the Valley of Sorek whom Samson loved and who handed him over to the Philistines.
Where else “delila” appears- saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- 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- you have deceivedהֵתַלְתָּhetalta
deceive, mock
Mock, trifle with someone by deceiving them.
Where else “hetalta” appears- and toldתְּדַבֵּרtedaber
speak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “tedaber” appears- liesכְּזָבִיםkezavim
lie
To say what is not true, or not to keep what was promised.
Where else “kezavim” appears- tellהַגִּידָhagida
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “hagida” appears- you could be boundתֵּאָסֵרteaser
bind
To tie with ropes, or yoke animals.
Where else “teaser” appears
The context
9Now the ambush was waiting for her in the room. And she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” But he snapped the bowstrings as a strand of tow snaps when it smells fire. So his strength was not known.
10 · This verse (above)
11And he said to her, “If they bind me tightly with new ropes with which no work has been done, then I will become weak and be like any human being.”