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But the hairוַ שְׂעַרof his headרֹאשׁוֹbeganיָּחֶלto growלְצַמֵּחַafterכַּאֲשֶׁרhe had been shaved.גֻּלָּח
Judges 16:22
Study it in the app“But the hair of his head began to grow after he had been shaved.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 16:22, word by word
- But the hairשְׂעַרsear
hair
Hair, body hair.
Where else “sear” appears- of his headרֹאשׁrosh
head
The upper part of the body, where the face and hair are.
Where else “rosh” appears- beganיָּחֶלyachel
begin
To start doing something.
Where else “yachel” appears- to growצַמֵּחַtsameach
sprout
Sprout, spring up; begin to grow.
Where else “tsameach” appears- he had been shavedגֻּלָּחgulach
shave
Shave. The Egyptians came before the king shaved.
Where else “gulach” appears
The context
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.
22 · This verse (above)
23Now the lords of the Philistines gathered to sacrifice a great sacrifice to Dagon their god and to rejoice, and they said, “Our god has given into our hand Samson our enemy.”