And he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto her,אֵלֶיהָ“Ifאִםthey bind me tightlyאָסוֹר יַאַסְרוּנִיwith newבַּ חֲדָשִׁיםropesעֲבֹתִיםwith whichאֲשֶׁר בָהֶםnoלֹאworkמְלָאכָהhas been done,נַעֲשָׂהthen I will become weakוְחָלִיתִיand beוְהָיִיתִיlike anyכְּאַחַדhuman being.”הָאָדָם
Judges 16:11
Study it in the app“And 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 16:11, word by word
- And he saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- they bind me tightlyאָסוֹרasor
bind
To tie with ropes, or yoke animals.
Where else “asor” appears- with newחֲדָשִׁיםchadashim
new
New.
Where else “chadashim” appears- ropesעֲבֹתִיםavotim
cord
A cord braided of several strands, or bonds with which one ties.
Where else “avotim” appears- workמְלָאכָהmelacha
work
The work one does or is assigned: building, serving, tending.
Where else “melacha” appears- has been doneנַעֲשָׂהnaasa
do
To carry out an act or to deal with someone in a certain way, for good or ill.
Where else “naasa” appears- then I will become weakחָלִיתִיchaliti
be sick
To lose one's health or strength, feel ill.
Where else “chaliti” appears- and beהָיִיתִיhayiti
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayiti” appears- like anyאַחַדachad
one
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achad” appears- human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears
The context
10And Delilah said to Samson, “Look, you have deceived me and told me lies. Now tell me, please, with what you could be bound.”
11 · This verse (above)
12So Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them, and said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And the ambush was waiting in the room. But he snapped them from off his arms like a thread.