Study it in the app“And 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.”
And the Philistinesוַ פְלִשְׁתִּיםseized himיֹּאחֲזוּהוּand gouged outוַיְנַקְּרוּhis eyes,אֶת עֵינָיוand broughtוַיּוֹרִידוּhimאוֹתוֹdown to Gazaעַזָּתָהand bound himוַיַּאַסְרוּהוּwith bronze fetters;בַּנְחֻשְׁתַּיִםand he wasוַיְהִיgrindingטוֹחֵןin the houseבְּבֵיתof the prisoners.הָאֲסוּרִים
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” appearsseize
To take something in the hand and not let go.
Where else “yochazu” appearsgouge out, bore
Bore through, dig out; said of the eyes, gouge them out.
Where else “yenakru” appearseye
The organ with which one sees; so "lift the eyes" means to look.
Where else “enay” appearsbring down
To bring something or someone to a lower place.
Where else “yoridu” appearsGaza
See it on the mapWhere else “azata” appearsbind
To tie with ropes, or yoke animals.
Where else “yaasru” appearschain
Bronze chains.
Where else “nechushtayim” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “yehi” appearsgrind
Grind.
Where else “tochen” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “vet” appearsGaza
Today: Gaza City, Gaza Strip
A Philistine city on the Mediterranean coast, at the far southwest of Israel.
There the Philistines blinded Samson and made him grind grain (Judg 16:21); he died there pulling down the temple (Judg 16:30).
20And 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.
21 · This verse (above)
22But the hair of his head began to grow after he had been shaved.
