Judges 16:17

“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.””

Judges 16:17 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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