Study it in the app“Now 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.”
Now the houseוְהַבַּיִתwas fullמָלֵאof menהָאֲנָשִׁיםand women,וְהַנָּשִׁיםand thereוְשָׁמָּהwere allכֹּלthe lordsסַרְנֵיof the Philistines;פְלִשְׁתִּיםand onוְעַלthe roofהַגָּגwere aboutכִּthreeשְׁלֹשֶׁתthousandאֲלָפִיםmenאִישׁand womenוְאִשָּׁהwho were watchingהָרֹאִיםSamsonשִׁמְשׁוֹןentertain them.בִּשְׂחוֹק
house
A building to live in, or an enclosed place to keep something or someone.
Where else “bayit” appearsfill
To take up all the space of something, or to give someone all it can hold.
Where else “male” appearsman
An adult male person; also each man of a people, a trade or a place.
Where else “anashim” appearswoman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “nashim” appearslord
One of the five chiefs of the Philistine cities.
Where else “sarne” appearsPhilistines
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” appearsroof, top
Roof, the flat top of a house; the top of something.
Where else “gag” appearsthree
A quantity of three: three persons or things together.
Where else “sheloshet” appearsthousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “alafim” appearssee
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “roim” appearsSamson
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” appearsmake merry
To make merry with music and dance.
Where else “sechok” appears“The house” is here the large building where they were celebrating the feast of their god.
26And 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.”
27 · This verse (above)
28And Samson called to YHWH and said, “Adonai YHWH, remember me, please, and strengthen me, please, only this time, O Elohim, that I may take one vengeance on the Philistines for my two eyes.”
