Judges 16:20

“And she said, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” And he awoke from his sleep and said, “I will go out as at other times and shake myself free.” But he did not know that YHWH had left him.”

Judges 16:20 · direct translation from the Hebrew
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Judges 16:20, word by word

And she saidתֹּאמֶרtomer

say

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

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“The Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיםpelishtim

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.

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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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And he awokeיִּקַץyikats

wake up

Wake up, awake.

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from his sleepשְּׁנָתshenat

sleep

Sleep.

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“I will go outאֵצֵאetse

go out

To go out of a place.

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at other timesפַעַםfaam

time

Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.

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and shake myself freeאִנָּעֵרinaer

shake off

Shake, throw off with a jolt.

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knowיָדַעyada

acknowledge

To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.

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YHWHיְהוָהyehva

YHWH

The personal name of the God of Israel, written in Hebrew with four letters, Y-H-W-H, without vowels. Out of reverence Jews stopped pronouncing it and read "Adonai" (Lord), so many Bibles put "the LORD" or "Jehovah". This translation keeps the four letters. The name is related to the verb "to be" (Exodus 3:14-15). He is not a god other than Elohim: "YHWH Elohim" is the same Creator God, called by his name.

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had leftסָרsar

turn aside

To leave the road, go away.

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The context

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.

20 · This verse (above)

21And the Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza and bound him with bronze fetters; and he was grinding in the house of the prisoners.

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