Study it in the app“And Samson said to the boy who was holding him by his hand, “Let me feel the pillars on which the house rests, so that I may lean on them.””
And Samsonוַ שִׁמְשׁוֹןsaidיֹּאמֶרtoאֶלthe boyהַנַּעַרwho was holdingהַמַּחֲזִיקhim by his hand,בְּיָדוֹ“Letהַנִּיחָהmeאוֹתִיfeelוַהֲמִשֵׁנִיthe pillarsאֶת הָעַמֻּדִיםon whichאֲשֶׁר עֲלֵיהֶםthe houseהַבַּיִתrests,נָכוֹןso that I may leanוְאֶשָּׁעֵןon them.”עֲלֵיהֶם
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsyoung servant
A young man, often in someone's service: servant, messenger or soldier.
Where else “naar” appearsseize
To take hold of something or someone and not let go.
Where else “machazik” appearshand
The part of the body with which one takes, gives and works; also what one does.
Where else “yad” appearsleave
To leave something where it is and not take it away; not to hinder.
Where else “haniach” appearsfeel, touch
Feel, touch with the hands.
Where else “hamishe” appearspillar, column
Pillar, column; also a pillar of cloud or of fire.
Where else “amudim” appearshouse
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bayit” appearsbe firm
To be steady, well set, not moving.
Where else “nachon” appearslean
To rest one's weight upon something that holds one up.
Where else “eshaen” appears25And it happened, when their heart was merry, that they said, “Call Samson, that he may entertain us.” So they called Samson from the house of the prisoners, and he made them laugh in their presence; and they stood him between the pillars.
26 · This verse (above)
27Now the house was full of men and women, and there were all the lords of the Philistines; and on the roof were about three thousand men and women who were watching Samson entertain them.
