Study it in the app“And 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.””
And Samsonוַ שִׁמְשׁוֹןsaidיֹּאמֶרto her,אֵלֶיהָ“Ifאִםthey bind meיַאַסְרֻנִיwith sevenבְּשִׁבְעָהfreshלַחִיםbowstringsיְתָרִיםthatאֲשֶׁרhave notלֹאbeen dried,חֹרָבוּthen I will become weakוְחָלִיתִיand beוְהָיִיתִיlike anyכְּאַחַדhuman being.”הָאָדָם
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” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “yomer” appearsbind
To tie with ropes, or yoke animals.
Where else “yaasru” appearsseven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shiva” appearsfresh, green
Fresh, green, freshly cut; moist.
Where else “lachim” appearsbowstring
Another word spelled the same: the taut string of a bow.
Where else “yetarim” appearsdry up
To be left without water, a river, a sea or a spring.
Where else “choravu” appearsbe sick
To lose one's health or strength, feel ill.
Where else “chaliti” appearsbe
To be: "I will be their Elohim".
Where else “hayiti” appearsone
The number one; just one and no more.
Where else “achad” appearshuman being
All humankind, men and women, as creatures God formed.
Where else “adam” appears6So Delilah said to Samson, “Tell me, please, in what your great strength lies, and with what you could be bound to afflict you.”
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8And the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
