It was toldto the Gazites,לַעַזָּתִים“Samsonשִׁמְשׁוֹןhas comeבָּאhere.”הֵנָּהAnd they surrounded the placeוַיָּסֹבּוּand lay in waitוַיֶּאֶרְבוּfor himלוֹallכָלnightהַלַּיְלָהat the gateבְּשַׁעַרof the city,הָעִירand kept quietוַיִּתְחָרְשׁוּallכָלnight,הַלַּיְלָהsaying,לֵאמֹר“Untilעַדthe lightאוֹרof morning;הַבֹּקֶרthen we will kill him.”וַהֲרְגְנֻהוּ
Judges 16:2
Study it in the app“It was told to the Gazites, “Samson has come here.” And they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city, and kept quiet all night, saying, “Until the light of morning; then we will kill him.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 16:2, word by word
- to the Gazitesעַזָּתִיםazatim
Gazite
Gazite: an inhabitant of that Philistine city.
Where else “azatim” appears- “Samsonשִׁמְשׁוֹןshimshon
Samson
Samson, son of Manoah, a Nazirite from birth and judge of Israel for twenty years. The name comes from the word for "sun."
Where else “shimshon” appears- has comeבָּאba
come
To come, arrive: "days are coming".
Where else “ba” appears- And they surrounded the placeיָּסֹבּוּyasobu
surround
To enclose someone or something on every side.
Where else “yasobu” appears- and lay in waitיֶּאֶרְבוּyeervu
lie in wait
Lie in wait: wait in hiding to attack.
Where else “yeervu” appears- nightלַּיְלָהlayla
night
Night.
Where else “layla” appears- at the gateשַׁעַרshaar
gate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appears- of the cityעִירir
city
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appears- and kept quietיִּתְחָרְשׁוּyitcharshu
be silent
To stay quiet, without answering or speaking.
Where else “yitcharshu” appears- sayingאמֹרmor
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “mor” appears- the lightאוֹרor
light
The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.
Where else “or” appears- of morningבֹּקֶרboker
morning
Morning, dawn.
Where else “boker” appears- then we will kill himהֲרְגְנֻhargnu
kill
Kill, slay.
Where else “hargnu” appears
The context
1Samson went to Gaza, and saw there a woman, a prostitute, and he went in to her.
2 · This verse (above)
3And Samson lay until midnight; then at midnight he arose and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city and of the two doorposts, and pulled them up with the bar, and put them on his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the hill that is in front of Hebron.