Judges 16:18

“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.”

Judges 16:18 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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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.

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she sentתִּשְׁלַחtishlach

send

To send someone or something.

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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.

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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.

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the silverכֶּסֶףkesef

money

What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.

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in their handיָדָyada

hand

The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.

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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.

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