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Judges 16:4


Judges 16:3 Judges 16:4 (KJV) Judges 16:5
And Samson lay till midnight, and arose at midnight, and took the doors of the gate of the city, and the two posts, and went away with them, bar and all, and put [them] upon his shoulders, and carried them up to the top of an hill that [is] before Hebron.
And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name [was] Delilah.
And the lords of the Philistines came up unto her, and said unto her, Entice him, and see wherein his great strength [lieth], and by what [means] we may prevail against him, that we may bind him to afflict him: and we will give thee every one of us eleven hundred [pieces] of silver.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

And it came to pass afterwardH310, that he lovedH157 a womanH802 in the valleyH5158 of SorekH7796, whose nameH8034 was DelilahH1807.


Original Hebrew

וַיְהִי אַחֲרֵי־כֵן וַיֶּאֱהַב אִשָּׁה בְּנַחַל שֹׂרֵק וּשְׁמָהּ דְּלִילָה׃

Hebrew Transliteration Strong's Morphology Gloss
וַֽ/יְהִי֙
va/y.Hi H1961 HC/Vqw3ms and/ it was
אַחֲרֵי
'a.cha.rei- H310 HR after
כֵ֔ן
Khen H3651 HD thus
וַ/יֶּאֱהַ֥ב
va/i.ye.'e.Hav H157 HC/Vqw3ms and/ he loved
אִשָּׁ֖ה
'i.Shah H802 HNcfsa a woman
בְּ/נַ֣חַל
be./Na.chal H5158 HR/Ncmsc in/ (the) valley of
שֹׂרֵ֑ק
so.Rek H7796 HNp Sorek
וּ/שְׁמָ֖/הּ
u./she.Ma/h H8034 HC/Ncmsc/Sp3fs and/ name/ her
דְּלִילָֽה
de.li.Lah H1807 HNp (was) Delilah
Source: Westminster Leningrad Codex (MorphHB), TAHOT (Tyndale House)
Strong's References
  • H157 — אָהַב (ʼâhab, aw-hab'): or אָהֵב ; a primitive root; to have affection for (sexually or otherwise); (be-) love(-d, -ly, -r), like, friend.
  • H310 — אַחַר (ʼachar, akh-ar'): from אָחַר; properly, the hind part; generally used as an adverb or conjunction, after (in various senses); after (that, -ward), again, at, away from, back (from, -side), behind, beside, by, follow (after, -ing), forasmuch, from, hereafter, hinder end, [phrase] out (over) live, [phrase] persecute, posterity, pursuing, remnant, seeing, since, thence(-forth), when, with.
  • H802 — אִשָּׁה (ʼishshâh, ish-shaw'): feminine of אִישׁ or אֱנוֹשׁ; irregular plural, נָשִׁים;(used in the same wide sense as אֱנוֹשׁ); a woman; (adulter) ess, each, every, female, [idiom] many, [phrase] none, one, [phrase] together, wife, woman. Often unexpressed in English.
  • H1807 — דְּלִילָה (Dᵉlîylâh, del-ee-law'): lemma דִּלִילָה first vowel, corrected to דְּלִילָה; from דָּלַל; languishing; Delilah, a Philistine woman; Delilah.
  • H5158 — נַחַל (nachal, nakh'-al): or (feminine) נַחְלָה; (Psalm 124:4), or נַחֲלָה; (Ezekiel 47:19; Ezekiel 48:28), from נָחַל in its original sense; a stream, especially a winter torrent; (by implication) a (narrow) valley (in which a brook runs); also a shaft (of a mine); brook, flood, river, stream, valley.
  • H7796 — שׂוֹרֵק (Sôwrêq, so-rake'): the same as שֹׂרֵק; a vine; Sorek, a valley in Palestine; Sorek.
  • H8034 — שֵׁם (shêm, shame): a primitive word (perhaps rather from through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare שָׁמַיִם); an appellation, as amark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character; [phrase] base, (in-) fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Hebrew (Westminster Leningrad Codex) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

  • H1961 — הָיָה (hâyâh, haw-yaw): a primitive root (compare הָוָא); to exist, i.e. be or become, come to pass (always emphatic, and not a mere copula or auxiliary); beacon, [idiom] altogether, be(-come), accomplished, committed, like), break, cause, come (to pass), do, faint, fall, [phrase] follow, happen, [idiom] have, last, pertain, quit (one-) self, require, [idiom] use.
  • H3651 — כֵּן (kên, kane): from כּוּן; properly, set upright; hence (figuratively as adjective) just; but usually (as adverb or conjunction) rightly or so (in various applications to manner, time and relation; often with other particles); [phrase] after that (this, -ward, -wards), as... as, [phrase] (for-) asmuch as yet, [phrase] be (for which) cause, [phrase] following, howbeit, in (the) like (manner, -wise), [idiom] the more, right, (even) so, state, straightway, such (thing), surely, [phrase] there (where) -fore, this, thus, true, well, [idiom] you.
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Verse Cross-References (Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, Enhanced)

Reciprocal references (5): Numbers 13:23, 1 Kings 11:2, Proverbs 5:4, Proverbs 23:28, Isaiah 5:2

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