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And it happened,וַיְהִיwhenכִּיshe pressedהֵצִיקָהhimלּוֹwith her wordsבִדְבָרֶיהָeveryכָּלdayהַיָּמִיםand urged him,וַתְּאַלֲצֵהוּthat his soulוַ נַפְשׁוֹgrew impatientתִּקְצַרto the point of death.לָמוּת
Judges 16:16
Study it in the app“And it happened, when she pressed him with her words every day and urged him, that his soul grew impatient to the point of death.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 16:16, word by word
- And it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- she pressedהֵצִיקָהhetsika
distress, press hard
Press hard, distress, put in straits.
Where else “hetsika” appears- with her wordsדְבָרֶיdevare
word
What someone says or announces, above all what YHWH says.
Where else “devare” appears- dayיָּמִיםyamim
day
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appears- and urged himתְּאַלֲצֵtealatse
press, urge
Urge, press someone without leaving him in peace.
Where else “tealatse” appears- that his soulנַפְשׁnafsh
soul
A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.
Where else “nafsh” appears- grew impatientתִּקְצַרtiktsar
run short
To come up lacking; run out of patience.
Where else “tiktsar” appears- to the point of deathמוּתmut
die
To cease living; also, one who has ceased living.
Where else “mut” appears
The context
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.”
16 · This verse (above)
17So he opened to her all his heart and said to her, “A razor has never come up on my head, for I have been a Nazirite of Elohim from the womb of my mother. If I am shaved, then my strength will leave me, and I will become weak and be like any human being.”