And she said,וַתֹּאמֶר“The Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיםare upon you,עָלֶיךָSamson!”שִׁמְשׁוֹןAnd he awokeוַיִּקַץfrom his sleepמִשְּׁנָתוֹand said,וַיֹּאמֶר“I will go outאֵצֵאasכְּat other timesפַעַם בְּפַעַםand shake myself free.”וְאִנָּעֵרBut heוְהוּאdid notלֹאknowיָדַעthatכִּיYHWHיְהוָהhad leftסָרhim.מֵעָלָיו
Judges 16:20
Study it in the app“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.”
With the Hebrew beneath
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.
Where else “tomer” appears- “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.
Where else “pelishtim” 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- And he awokeיִּקַץyikats
wake up
Wake up, awake.
Where else “yikats” appears- from his sleepשְּׁנָתshenat
sleep
Sleep.
Where else “shenat” appears- “I will go outאֵצֵאetse
go out
To go out of a place.
Where else “etse” appears- at other timesפַעַםfaam
time
Each of the occasions on which something happens or is repeated.
Where else “faam” appears- and shake myself freeאִנָּעֵרinaer
shake off
Shake, throw off with a jolt.
Where else “inaer” appears- knowיָדַעyada
acknowledge
To acknowledge YHWH: admit that he is God.
Where else “yada” appears- 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.
Where else “yehva” appears- had leftסָרsar
turn aside
To leave the road, go away.
Where else “sar” appears
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.