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So Delilahוַ דְּלִילָהsaidתֹּאמֶרtoאֶלSamson,שִׁמְשׁוֹן“Tellהַגִּידָהme,לִיplease,נָּאin whatבַּמֶּהyour greatגָדוֹלstrengthכֹּחֲךָlies,and with whatוּבַמֶּהyou could be boundתֵאָסֵרto afflict you.”לְעַנּוֹתֶךָ
Judges 16:6
Study it in the app“So Delilah said to Samson, “Tell me, please, in what your great strength lies, and with what you could be bound to afflict you.””
With the Hebrew beneath
Judges 16:6, word by word
- So 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- saidתֹּאמֶרtomer
say
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appears- Samsonשִׁמְשׁוֹןshimshon
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” appears- “Tellהַגִּידָhagida
tell
To tell someone something he does not know or has not seen.
Where else “hagida” appears- your greatגָדוֹלgadol
great
Of great size, amount or importance: a river, a city, a king.
Where else “gadol” appears- strengthכֹּחֲkoach
strength
Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.
Where else “koach” appears- you could be boundתֵאָסֵרteaser
bind
To tie with ropes, or yoke animals.
Where else “teaser” appears- to afflict youעַנּוֹתֶanote
afflict
To make suffer, oppress.
Where else “anote” appears
The context
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.”
6 · This verse (above)
7And Samson said to her, “If they bind me with seven fresh bowstrings that have not been dried, then I will become weak and be like any human being.”