Judges

Judges 16:14

¹⁴So while he slept, Delilah took the seven braids of his hair and wove them into the web.^cThen she tightened it with a pin and called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are here!”

But he awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin with the loom and the web.

Footnotes

c 16:14 See LXX and Vulgate; Hebrew does not include So while he slept, Delilah took the seven braids of his hair and wove them into the web.

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
with a pin	בַּיָּתֵ֔ד	bay·yā·ṯêḏ	Preposition-b, Article; Noun - feminine singular	H3489 peg, pin
and called	וַתֹּ֣אמֶר	wat·tō·mer	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H559 utter, say
to him	אֵלָ֔יו	’ê·lāw	Preposition; third person masculine singular	H413 motion to
Samson	שִׁמְשׁ֑וֹן	šim·šō·wn	Noun - proper - masculine singular	H8123 Samson
the Philistines	פְּלִשְׁתִּ֥ים	pə·liš·tîm	Noun - proper - masculine plural	H6430 Philistine
here	עָלֶ֖יךָ	‘ā·le·ḵā	Preposition; second person masculine singular	H5921 height
But he awoke	וַיִּיקַץ֙	way·yî·qaṣ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H3364 awake
from his sleep	מִשְּׁנָת֔וֹ	miš·šə·nā·ṯōw	Preposition-m; Noun - feminine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H8142 sleep
and pulled out	וַיִּסַּ֛ע	way·yis·sa‘	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5265 pull out or up, set out, journey
the pin	הַיְתַ֥ד	hay·ṯaḏ	Article; Noun - feminine singular construct	H3489 peg, pin
with the loom	הָאֶ֖רֶג	hā·’e·reḡ	Article; Noun - masculine singular	H708 loom
and the web	הַמַּסָּֽכֶת׃	ham·mas·sā·ḵeṯ	Article; Noun - feminine singular	H4545 web

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Psalm 106:43 · Ezra 9:13–14

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