And she saidוַתֹּאמֶרto him,אֵלָיו“Howאֵיךְcan you say,תֹּאמַר‘I love you,’אֲהַבְתִּיךְwhen your heartוְלִבְּךָis notאֵיןwith me?אִתִּיTheseזֶהthreeשָׁלֹשׁtimesפְּעָמִיםyou have deceivedהֵתַלְתָּmeבִּיand have notוְלֹאtoldהִגַּדְתָּmeלִּיin whatבַּמֶּהyour greatגָדוֹלstrengthכֹּחֲךָlies.”
Judges 16:15
Study it in the app“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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “koach” appears
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.