Study it in the app“Now the ambush was waiting for her in the room. And she said to him, “The Philistines are upon you, Samson!” But he snapped the bowstrings as a strand of tow snaps when it smells fire. So his strength was not known.”
Now the ambushוְהָאֹרֵבwas waitingיֹשֵׁבfor herלָהּin the room.בַּחֶדֶרAnd she saidוַתֹּאמֶרto him,אֵלָיו“The Philistinesפְּלִשְׁתִּיםare upon you,עָלֶיךָSamson!”שִׁמְשׁוֹןBut he snappedוַיְנַתֵּקthe bowstringsאֶת הַיְתָרִיםasכַּאֲשֶׁרa strandפְּתִילof towהַנְּעֹרֶתsnapsיִנָּתֵקwhen it smellsבַּהֲרִיחוֹfire.אֵשׁSoוְhis strengthכֹּחוֹwas notלֹאknown.נוֹדַע
lie in wait
Lie in wait: wait in hiding to attack.
Where else “orev” appearssit
To sit; or sit on the throne to reign.
Where else “yoshev” appearsinner room
Inner room, private chamber.
Where else “cheder” appearssay
To say with the mouth to someone what one thinks or wants, or to answer him.
Where else “tomer” appearsPhilistines
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 “pelishtim” appearsSamson
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” appearstear off, break
Tear off, break by pulling.
Where else “yenatek” appearsbowstring
Another word spelled the same: the taut string of a bow.
Where else “yetarim” appearscord
Cord, twisted thread.
Where else “petil” appearstow
Tow: the short fibers left over from flax, which burn very easily.
Where else “neoret” appearssmell
To smell something.
Where else “harich” appearsfire
Fire that burns or cooks.
Where else “esh” appearsstrength
Ability to do something: bodily strength or power to command.
Where else “koch” appearsknow
To know something, realize.
Where else “noda” appears8And the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh bowstrings that had not been dried, and she bound him with them.
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10And Delilah said to Samson, “Look, you have deceived me and told me lies. Now tell me, please, with what you could be bound.”
