And the lordsסַרְנֵיof the Philistinesפְלִשְׁתִּיםcame upוַיַּעֲלוּto herאֵלֶיהָand saidוַיֹּאמְרוּto her,לָהּ“Seduceפַּתִּיhim,אוֹתוֹand seeוּרְאִיin whatבַּמֶּהhis greatגָדוֹלstrengthכֹּחוֹlies,and by what meansוּבַמֶּהwe may prevailנוּכַלagainst him,לוֹso that we may bind himוַאֲסַרְנֻהוּto afflict him;לְעַנֹּתוֹand weוַאֲנַחְנוּwill giveנִתַּןyou,לָךְeach one,אִישׁeleven hundredאֶלֶף וּמֵאָהpieces of silver.”כָּסֶף
Judges 16:5
Study it in the app“And 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.””
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Judges 16:5, word by word
- And the lordsסַרְנֵיsarne
lord
One of the five chiefs of the Philistine cities.
Where else “sarne” appears- of the Philistinesפְלִשְׁתִּיםfelishtim
Philistines
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” appears- came upיַּעֲלוּyaalu
go up
To go from a low place to a higher one: up the mountain, to Jerusalem or to a city.
Where else “yaalu” appears- and saidיֹּאמְרוּyomru
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomru” appears- “Seduceפַּתִּיpati
entice
To win someone over by trickery.
Where else “pati” appears- and seeרְאִיrei
see
To see with one's eyes.
Where else “rei” appears- his greatגָדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- strengthכֹּחkoch
strength
Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.
Where else “koch” appears- we may prevailנוּכַלnuchal
prevail
To come out victorious against someone stronger or greater.
Where else “nuchal” appears- so that we may bind himאֲסַרְנֻasarnu
bind
To tie with ropes, or yoke animals.
Where else “asarnu” appears- to afflict himעַנֹּתanot
afflict
To make suffer, oppress.
Where else “anot” appears- will giveנִתַּןnitan
give
To hand something over to someone: a gift, a payment, a charge or a land.
Where else “nitan” appears- each oneאִישׁish
each
Literally "a man": any person; with "not", not a single person.
Where else “ish” appears- eleven hundredאֶלֶףelef
thousand
One thousand: a large, round number.
Where else “elef” appears- eleven hundredמֵאָהmea
hundred
The amount of one hundred; with other numbers it forms two hundred, three hundred and the rest.
Where else “mea” appears- pieces of silverכָּסֶףkasef
money
What is paid and received in exchange, weighed out in silver.
Where else “kasef” appears
The context
4And it happened after this that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, and her name was Delilah.
5 · This verse (above)
6So Delilah said to Samson, “Tell me, please, in what your great strength lies, and with what you could be bound to afflict you.”