Study it in the app“And Delilah said to Samson, “Until now you have deceived me and told me lies. Tell me with what you could be bound.” And he said to her, “If you weave the seven locks of my head with the warp…””
And Delilahוַ דְּלִילָהsaidתֹּאמֶרtoאֶלSamson,שִׁמְשׁוֹן“Untilעַדnowהֵנָּהyou have deceivedהֵתַלְתָּmeבִּיand toldוַתְּדַבֵּרmeאֵלַיlies.כְּזָבִיםTellהַגִּידָהmeלִּיwith whatבַּמֶּהyou could be bound.”תֵּאָסֵרAnd he saidוַיֹּאמֶרto her,אֵלֶיהָ“Ifאִםyou weaveתַּאַרְגִיthe sevenאֶת שֶׁבַעlocksמַחְלְפוֹתof my headרֹאשִׁיwithעִםthe warp…”הַמַּסָּכֶת
Delilah
Delilah, the woman of the Valley of Sorek whom Samson loved and who handed him over to the Philistines.
Where else “delila” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” 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” appearsdeceive, mock
Mock, trifle with someone by deceiving them.
Where else “hetalta” appearsspeak
To speak, say something; above all God to his people.
Where else “tedaber” appearslie
To say what is not true, or not to keep what was promised.
Where else “kezavim” appearstell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “hagida” appearsbind
To tie with ropes, or yoke animals.
Where else “teaser” appearsweave; weaver
Weave; weaver.
Where else “taargi” appearsseven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “sheva” appearsbraid, lock
Braid or long lock of hair.
Where else “machlfot” appearshead
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “roshi” appearswarp
Warp: the threads stretched lengthwise on the loom to weave the cloth.
Where else “masachet” appearsThe sentence is left unfinished in the Hebrew text; the next verse implies that she did it while he was asleep. The warp is the threads stretched on the loom.
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.
13 · This verse (above)
14And she fastened it with the pin and said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And he awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin of the loom and the warp.
