When Delilahוַ דְלִילָהsawתֵּרֶאthatכִּיhe had openedהִגִּידto herלָהּallאֶת כָּלhis heart,לִבּוֹshe sentוַתִּשְׁלַחand calledוַתִּקְרָאthe lordsלְסַרְנֵיof the Philistines,פְלִשְׁתִּים“Come upעֲלוּthis time,הַפַּעַםforכִּיhe has openedהִגִּידto meלִיallאֶת כָּלhis heart.”לִבּוֹAnd the lordsוְ סַרְנֵיof the Philistinesפְלִשְׁתִּיםcame upעָלוּto herאֵלֶיהָand brought upוַיַּעֲלוּthe silverהַכֶּסֶףin their hand.בְּיָדָם
Judges 16:18
Study it in the app“When 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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 16:18, word by word
- When Delilahדְלִילָהdelila
Delilah
Delilah, the woman of the Valley of Sorek whom Samson loved and who handed him over to the Philistines.
Where else “delila” appears- sawתֵּרֶאtere
realize
To realize: "he saw that it was good".
Where else “tere” appears- he had openedהִגִּידhigid
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “higid” appears- his heartלִבּlib
heart
The deepest part of a person: where they think, feel and decide.
Where else “lib” appears- she sentתִּשְׁלַחtishlach
send
To send someone or something.
Where else “tishlach” appears- and calledתִּקְרָאtikra
call
To raise the voice to someone so that he comes, or to invite him.
Where else “tikra” appears- the lordsסַרְנֵיsarne
lord
One of the five chiefs of the Philistine cities.
Where else “sarne” appears- of the Philistinesפְלִשְׁתִּיםfelishtim
Philistines
Philistines: a people that settled on the south-west coast of Canaan and was Israel's enemy in the days of the judges and of David.
Where else “felishtim” appears- “Come upעֲלוּalu
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “alu” appears- this timeפַּעַםpaam
time
Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.
Where else “paam” appears- the silverכֶּסֶףkesef
money
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “kesef” appears- in their handיָדָyada
hand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yada” appears
The context
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.”
18 · This verse (above)
19She made him sleep on her knees, and she called for a man and she shaved the seven locks of his head; and she began to afflict him, and his strength left him.