Study it in the app“And Samson lay until midnight; then at midnight he arose and took hold of the doors of the gate of the city and of the two doorposts, and pulled them up with the bar, and put them on his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of the hill that is in front of Hebron.”
And Samsonוַ שִׁמְשׁוֹןlayיִּשְׁכַּבuntilעַדmidnight;חֲצִי הַלַּיְלָהthen at midnightבַּחֲצִי הַלַּיְלָהhe aroseוַיָּקָםand took holdוַיֶּאֱחֹזof the doorsבְּדַלְתוֹתof the gateשַׁעַרof the cityהָעִירand of the twoוּבִשְׁתֵּיdoorposts,הַמְּזוּזוֹתand pulled them upוַיִּסָּעֵםwithעִםthe bar,הַבְּרִיחַand put themוַיָּשֶׂםonעַלhis shoulders,כְּתֵפָיוand carried them upוַיַּעֲלֵםtoאֶלthe topרֹאשׁof the hillהָהָרthat isאֲשֶׁרin front ofעַל פְּנֵיHebron.חֶבְרוֹן
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” appearslie down
To lie down to sleep or rest.
Where else “yishkav” appearsmiddle
The central point of something, like the middle of the night.
Where else “chatsi” appearsnight
Night.
Where else “layla” appearsrise
To go from sitting or lying to standing, or to set out.
Where else “yakam” appearsseize
To take something in the hand and not let go.
Where else “yeechoz” appearsdoor
The wooden or metal leaf that opens and shuts the entrance of a house or city.
Where else “daltot” appearsgate
The entrance of a city or house, with doors that close.
Where else “shaar” appearscity
A settled place protected by a wall, with a gate and houses.
Where else “ir” appearsboth
The two together, both of them.
Where else “shete” appearsdoorpost
Doorpost: each of the two side posts of a door frame.
Where else “mezuzot” appearspull up
To pull something out of where it was fixed, like stakes, stones or gates.
Where else “yisae” appearsbolt
The piece that locks a door shut.
Where else “beriach” appearsput
To put something somewhere.
Where else “yasem” appearsshoulder
The part of the body between neck and arm, where loads are carried.
Where else “ketefay” appearsbring up
To make someone go up: "I led you up from Egypt".
Where else “yaale” appearstop
Literally "the head": the highest part, as of a mountain.
Where else “rosh” appearsmountain
A great rise of land, like Sinai or Zion.
Where else “har” appearsbefore
Literally "to the face of": in sight of someone, or on account of something.
Where else “pene” appearsHebron
See it on the mapWhere else “chevron” appearsHebron
Today: Hebron (Al-Khalil), West Bank
A city in the hills of Judea, about 19 miles (30 km) south of Jerusalem.
Abraham lived nearby and bought the cave there where he buried Sarah (Gen 23:2). David was anointed king of Judah at Hebron (2 Sam 2:1-4).
2It was told to the Gazites, “Samson has come here.” And they surrounded the place and lay in wait for him all night at the gate of the city, and kept quiet all night, saying, “Until the light of morning; then we will kill him.”
3 · This verse (above)
4And it happened after this that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, and her name was Delilah.
