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Judges 16:17

וַיַּגֶּד ־ לָהּ אֶת ־ כָּל ־ לִבּוֹ וַיֹּאמֶר לָהּ מוֹרָה לֹֽא ־ עָלָה עַל ־ רֹאשִׁי כִּֽי ־ נְזִיר אֱלֹהִים אֲנִי מִבֶּטֶן אִמִּי אִם ־ גֻּלַּחְתִּי וְסָר מִמֶּנִּי כֹחִי וְחָלִיתִי וְהָיִיתִי כְּכָל ־ הָאָדָֽם ׃

Hebrew Tanakh (Original)

In The King James Version

That he told her all his heart, and said unto her. There hath not come a razor upon mine head; for I have been a Nazarite unto God from my mother’s womb: if I be shaven, then my strength will go from me, and I shall become weak, and be like any other man.

In Context

16וַיְהִי כִּֽי ־ הֵצִיקָה לּוֹ בִדְבָרֶיהָ כָּל ־ הַיָּמִים וַתְּאַֽלֲצֵהוּ וַתִּקְצַר נַפְשׁוֹ לָמֽוּת ׃

18וַתֵּרֶא דְלִילָה כִּֽי ־ הִגִּיד לָהּ אֶת ־ כָּל ־ לִבּוֹ וַתִּשְׁלַח וַתִּקְרָא לְסַרְנֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים לֵאמֹר עֲלוּ הַפַּעַם כִּֽי ־ הִגִּיד לה אֶת ־ כָּל ־ לִבּוֹ וְעָלוּ אֵלֶיהָ סַרְנֵי פְלִשְׁתִּים וַיַּעֲלוּ הַכֶּסֶף בְּיָדָֽם ׃

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Cross References

Numbers 6:5כָּל ־ יְמֵי נֶדֶר נִזְרוֹ תַּעַר לֹא ־ יַעֲבֹר עַל ־ רֹאשׁוֹ עַד ־ מְלֹאת הַיָּמִם אֲשֶׁר ־ יַזִּיר לַיהוָה קָדֹשׁ יִהְיֶה גַּדֵּל פֶּרַע שְׂעַר רֹאשֽׁוֹ ׃

Proverbs 12:23אָדָם עָרוּם כֹּסֶה דָּעַת וְלֵב כְּסִילִים יִקְרָא אִוֶּֽלֶת ׃

Proverbs 29:12מֹשֵׁל מַקְשִׁיב עַל ־ דְּבַר ־ שָׁקֶר כָּֽל ־ מְשָׁרְתָיו רְשָׁעִֽים ׃

Matthew Henry on Judges 16:5-18

Delilah's Treachery. ( b. c. 1120.) 4 And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. 5 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. 6 And Delilah said to Samson, Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith… Read the whole commentary →

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