Judges

Judges 16:19

¹⁹And having lulled him to sleep on her lap, she called a man to shave off the seven braids of his head. In this way she began to subdue him,^d and his strength left him.

Footnotes

d 16:19 Hebrew; some LXX manuscripts he began to grow weak

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English	Hebrew	Sounds like	Grammar	Word study
And having lulled him to sleep	וַתְּיַשְּׁנֵ֙הוּ֙	wat·tə·yaš·šə·nê·hū	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular; third person masculine singular	H3462 sleep
on	עַל־	‘al-	Preposition	H5921 height
her lap	בִּרְכֶּ֔יהָ	bir·ke·hā	Noun - feminine dual construct; third person feminine singular	H1290 knee
she called	וַתִּקְרָ֣א	wat·tiq·rā	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H7121 call, proclaim, read
a man	לָאִ֔ישׁ	lā·’îš	Preposition-l, Article; Noun - masculine singular	H376 man
to shave off	וַתְּגַלַּ֕ח	wat·tə·ḡal·laḥ	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Piel - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H1548 be bald
the seven	שֶׁ֖בַע	še·ḇa‘	Number - feminine singular	H7651 seven
braids	מַחְלְפ֣וֹת	maḥ·lə·p̄ō·wṯ	Noun - feminine plural construct	H4253 plait
of his head	רֹאשׁ֑וֹ	rō·šōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H7218 head
In this way she began	וַתָּ֙חֶל֙	wat·tā·ḥel	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular	H2490 bore, pierce
to subdue him	לְעַנּוֹת֔וֹ	lə·‘an·nō·w·ṯōw	Preposition-l; Verb - Piel - Infinitive construct; third person masculine singular	H6031 be occupied, busied with
and his strength	כֹּח֖וֹ	kō·ḥōw	Noun - masculine singular construct; third person masculine singular	H3581 strength, power
left him	וַיָּ֥סַר	way·yā·sar	Conjunctive waw; Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular	H5493 turn aside

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Scripture text: Berean Standard Bible.