21Then the Philistines seized him, gouged out his eyes, and brought him down to Gaza, where he was bound with bronze shackles and forced to grind grain in the prison.
22However, the hair of his head began to grow back after it had been shaved.
Focused Passage
Judges 16:21-22
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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Verse 21
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Then the Philistinesפְלִשְׁתִּ֔יםH6430Noun - proper - masculine pluralseized himוַיֹּאחֲז֣וּהוּH270Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singulargouged outוַֽיְנַקְּר֖וּH5365Conjunctive waw | Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural-אֶת־H853Direct object markerhis eyesעֵינָ֑יוH5869Noun - cdc | third person masculine singularand brought him downוַיּוֹרִ֨ידוּH3381Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural-אוֹת֜וֹH853Direct object marker | third person masculine singularto Gazaעַזָּ֗תָהH5804Noun - proper - feminine singular | third person feminine singularwhere he was boundוַיַּאַסְר֙וּהוּ֙H631Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine plural | third person masculine singularwith bronze shacklesבַּֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִםH5178Preposition-b, Article | Noun - fdand forcedוַיְהִ֥יH1961Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularto grindטוֹחֵ֖ןH2912Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singulargrain in the prisonבְּבֵ֥יתH1004Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct. . .הָאֲסִירִים׃H615Article | Verb - Qal - QalPassParticiple - masculine plural
Verse 22
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However, the hairשְׂעַר־H8181Noun - masculine singular constructof his headרֹאשׁ֛וֹH7218Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singularbeganוַיָּ֧חֶלH2490Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singularto growלְצַמֵּ֖חַH6779Preposition-l | Verb - Piel - Infinitive constructback afterכַּאֲשֶׁ֥רH834Preposition-k | Pronoun - relativeit had been shavedגֻּלָּֽח׃פH1548Verb - Pual - Perfect - third person masculine singular