Judges 16:15

“And 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.””

Judges 16:15 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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lies.”

Judges 16:15, word by word

And she saidתֹּאמֶרtomer

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

Where else “tomer” appears
‘I love you,’אֲהַבְתִּיahavti

love

To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.

Where else “ahavti” appears
when your heartלִבְּlib

heart

The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.

Where else “lib” appears
threeשָׁלֹשׁshalosh

three

A quantity of three: three persons or things together.

Where else “shalosh” appears
timesפְּעָמִיםpeamim

time

Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.

Where else “peamim” appears
you have deceivedהֵתַלְתָּhetalta

deceive, mock

Mock, trifle with someone by deceiving them.

Where else “hetalta” appears
toldהִגַּדְתָּhigadta

tell

To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.

Where else “higadta” appears
your greatגָדוֹלgadol

great

Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.

Where else “gadol” appears
strengthכֹּחֲkoach

strength

Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.

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The context

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.

15 · This verse (above)

16And it happened, when she pressed him with her words every day and urged him, that his soul grew impatient to the point of death.

Read all of Judges 16

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