So he openedוַיַּגֶּדto herלָהּallאֶת כָּלhis heartלִבּוֹand saidוַיֹּאמֶרto her,לָהּ“A razorמוֹרָהhas neverלֹאcome upעָלָהonעַלmy head,רֹאשִׁיforכִּיIאֲנִיhave beena Naziriteנְזִירof Elohimאֱלֹהִיםfrom the wombמִבֶּטֶןof my mother.אִמִּיIfאִםI am shaved,גֻּלַּחְתִּיthenוְmy strengthכֹחִיwill leaveסָרme,מִמֶּנִּיand I will become weakוְחָלִיתִיand beוְהָיִיתִיlike anyכְּכָלhuman being.”הָאָדָם
Judges 16:17
Study it in the app“So 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.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 16:17, word by word
- So he openedיַּגֶּדyaged
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “yaged” appears- his heartלִבּlib
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appears- and saidיֹּאמֶרyomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appears- “A razorמוֹרָהmora
razor
Razor: a blade for cutting the hair or shaving.
Where else “mora” appears- come upעָלָהala
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “ala” appears- my headרֹאשִׁroshi
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “roshi” appears- a Naziriteנְזִירnezir
Nazirite
Someone set apart for God by a special vow.
Where else “nezir” appears- of Elohimאֱלֹהִיםelohim
Elohim
The one true God, the Creator; the word is plural but means one.
Where else “elohim” appears- from the wombבֶּטֶןbeten
womb
The belly where a mother carries her child.
Where else “beten” appears- of my motherאִמִּimi
mother
The woman who gives birth to and raises her children, and who is owed honor.
Where else “imi” appears- I am shavedגֻּלַּחְתִּיgulachti
shave
Shave. The Egyptians came before the king shaved.
Where else “gulachti” appears- my strengthכֹחִchochi
strength
Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.
Where else “chochi” appears- will leaveסָרsar
turn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “sar” appears- and I will become weakחָלִיתִיchaliti
be sick
To lose one's health or strength, feel ill.
Where else “chaliti” appears- and beהָיִיתִיhayiti
be
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayiti” appears- human beingאָדָםadam
human being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears
Translation note
“He opened to her all his heart” is, word for word, “he told her all his heart”: he told her everything he kept inside.
The context
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.
17 · This verse (above)
18When Delilah saw that he had opened to her all his heart, she sent and called the lords of the Philistines, “Come up this time, for he has opened to me all his heart.” And the lords of the Philistines came up to her and brought up the silver in their hand.