Judges 16:2

“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.””

Judges 16:2 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Judges 16:2, word by word

to the Gazitesעַזָּתִיםazatim

Gazite

Gazite: an inhabitant of that Philistine city.

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“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."

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has comeבָּאba

come

To come, arrive: "days are coming".

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And they surrounded the placeיָּסֹבּוּyasobu

surround

To enclose someone or something on every side.

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and lay in waitיֶּאֶרְבוּyeervu

lie in wait

Lie in wait: wait in hiding to attack.

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nightלַּיְלָהlayla

night

Night.

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at the gateשַׁעַרshaar

gate

The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.

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of the cityעִירir

city

A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.

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and kept quietיִּתְחָרְשׁוּyitcharshu

be silent

To stay quiet, without answering or speaking.

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sayingאמֹרmor

say

To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.

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the lightאוֹרor

light

The brightness that comes from the sun, the day or a lamp and lets one see.

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of morningבֹּקֶרboker

morning

Morning, dawn.

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then we will kill himהֲרְגְנֻhargnu

kill

Kill, slay.

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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.

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