And she fastened itוַתִּתְקַעwith the pinבַּיָּתֵדand saidוַתֹּאמֶרto him,אֵלָיו“The Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיםare upon you,עָלֶיךָSamson!”שִׁמְשׁוֹןAnd he awokeוַיִּיקַץfrom his sleepמִשְּׁנָתוֹand pulled outוַיִּסַּעthe pinאֶת הַיְתַדof the loomהָאֶרֶגand the warp.וְאֶת הַמַּסָּכֶת
Judges 16:14
Study it in the app“And 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 16:14, word by word
- And she fastened itתִּתְקַעtitka
drive in
To drive in a peg or nail something firmly.
Where else “titka” appears- with the pinיָּתֵדyated
pin
A pin of the loom that holds the weaving in place.
Where else “yated” appears- and saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- “The Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיםpelishtim
Philistines
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” 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- And he awokeיִּיקַץyikats
wake up
Wake up, awake.
Where else “yikats” appears- from his sleepשְּׁנָתshenat
sleep
Sleep.
Where else “shenat” appears- and pulled outיִּסַּעyisa
pull up
To pull something out of where it was fixed, like stakes, stones or gates.
Where else “yisa” appears- of the loomאֶרֶגereg
loom
The wooden frame on which cloth is made.
Where else “ereg” appears- and the warpמַּסָּכֶתmasachet
warp
Warp: the threads stretched lengthwise on the loom to weave the cloth.
Where else “masachet” appears
The context
13And 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…”
14 · This verse (above)
15And she said to him, “How can you say, ‘I love you,’ when your heart is not with me? These three times you have deceived me and have not told me in what your great strength lies.”