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And it happenedוַיְהִיafterאַחֲרֵיthisכֵןthat he lovedוַיֶּאֱהַבa womanאִשָּׁהin the valleyבְּנַחַלof Sorek,שֹׂרֵקand her nameוּשְׁמָהּwasDelilah.דְּלִילָה
Judges 16:4
Study it in the app“And it happened after this that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, and her name was Delilah.”
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 16:4, word by word
- And it happenedיְהִיyehi
happen
For something to occur or take place; many stories open with this word.
Where else “yehi” appears- that he lovedיֶּאֱהַבyeehav
love
To care for someone from the heart and seek their good.
Where else “yeehav” appears- a womanאִשָּׁהisha
woman
An adult female person: single, married or widowed.
Where else “isha” appears- in the valleyנַחַלnachal
valley
The hollow the water runs through.
Where else “nachal” appears- of Sorekשֹׂרֵקsorek
Sorek
Sorek, a valley between the land of Judah and that of the Philistines. The name means "choice vine."
Where else “sorek” appears- and her nameשְׁמָshema
name
The word by which a person, place or thing is called and recognized.
Where else “shema” appears- Delilahדְּלִילָהdelila
Delilah
Delilah, the woman of the Valley of Sorek whom Samson loved and who handed him over to the Philistines.
Where else “delila” appears
The context
3And 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.
4 · This verse (above)
5And the lords of the Philistines came up to her and said to her, “Seduce him, and see in what his great strength lies, and by what means we may prevail against him, so that we may bind him to afflict him; and we will give you, each one, eleven hundred pieces of silver.”