Focused Passage

Judges 16:15-17

Samson's Fall, Blindness, Final Prayer, and Death

Judges 16 moves from Samson's repeated entanglement with Philistine women to his exposed weakness, captivity, and final prayer, showing that the LORD can judge His enemies through a broken deliverer while still warning that consecration cannot be treated casually.

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15“How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she asked, “when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and failed to reveal to me the source of your great strength!”

16Finally, after she had pressed him daily with her words and pleaded until he was sick to death,

17Samson told her all that was in his heart: “My hair has never been cut, because I have been a Nazirite to God from my mother’s womb. If I am shaved, my strength will leave me, and I will become as weak as any other man.”

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References and Original Words

Verse 15

Original words

Howאֵ֚יךְH349Interjectioncan you sayוַתֹּ֣אמֶרH559Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular. . .אֵלָ֗יוH413Preposition | third person masculine singularI love youאֲהַבְתִּ֔יךְH157Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singularshe askedתֹּאמַ֣רH559Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singularwhen your heartוְלִבְּךָ֖H3820Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singularis notאֵ֣יןH369Adverbwith meאִתִּ֑יH854Preposition | first person common singularThisזֶ֣הH2088Pronoun - masculine singularis the thirdשָׁלֹ֤שׁH7969Number - feminine singulartimeפְּעָמִים֙H6471Noun - feminine pluralyou have mockedהֵתַ֣לְתָּH2048Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singularmeבִּ֔יPreposition | first person common singularand failedוְלֹא־H3808Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particleto revealהִגַּ֣דְתָּH5046Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singularto meלִּ֔יPreposition | first person common singularthe sourceבַּמֶּ֖הH4100Preposition-b | Interrogativeof your great strengthכֹּחֲךָ֥H3581Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular. . .גָדֽוֹל׃H1419Adjective - masculine singular
Verse 16

Original words

Finally, afterוַ֠יְהִיH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularכִּֽי־כִּֽי־H3588Conjunctionshe had pressedהֵצִ֨יקָהH6693Verb - Hifil - Perfect - third person feminine singularhimלּ֧וֹPreposition | third person masculine singularvvvכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructdailyהַיָּמִ֖יםH3117Article | Noun - masculine pluralwith her wordsבִדְבָרֶ֛יהָH1697Preposition-b | Noun - masculine plural construct | third person feminine singularand pleadedוַתְּאַֽלֲצֵ֑הוּH509Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular | third person masculine singularuntil heנַפְשׁ֖וֹH5315Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singularwas sickוַתִּקְצַ֥רH7114Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singularto deathלָמֽוּת׃H4191Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Verse 17

Original words

[Samson] toldוַיַּגֶּד־H5046Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularherלָ֣הּPreposition | third person feminine singular-אֶת־H853Direct object markerall that wasכָּל־H3605Noun - masculine singular constructin his heartלִבּ֗וֹH3820Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular-וַיֹּ֤אמֶרH559Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular-לָהּ֙Preposition | third person feminine singularMy hairרֹאשִׁ֔יH7218Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singularhas neverלֹֽא־H3808Adverb - Negative particlebeen cutמוֹרָה֙H4177Noun - masculine singular. . .עָלָ֣הH5927Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular. . .עַל־H5921Prepositionbecauseכִּֽי־H3588ConjunctionI [have been]אֲנִ֖יH589Pronoun - first person common singulara Naziriteנְזִ֧ירH5139Noun - masculine singular constructto Godאֱלֹהִ֛יםH430Noun - masculine pluralfrom my mother’sאִמִּ֑יH517Noun - feminine singular construct | first person common singularwombמִבֶּ֣טֶןH990Preposition-m | Noun - feminine singular constructIfאִם־H518ConjunctionI am shavedגֻּלַּ֙חְתִּי֙H1548Verb - Pual - Perfect - first person common singularmy strengthכֹחִ֔יH3581Noun - masculine singular construct | first person common singularwill leaveוְסָ֣רH5493Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singularmeמִמֶּ֣נִּיH4480Preposition | first person common singularand I will become as weakוְחָלִ֥יתִיH2470Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singularasוְהָיִ֖יתִיH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singularanyכְּכָל־H3605Preposition-k | Noun - masculine singular constructother manהָאָדָֽם׃H120Article | Noun - masculine singular

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