Judges 16:13
King James Version
12 Jun 2026
“And Delilah said unto Samson, Hitherto thou hast mocked me, and told me lies: tell me wherewith thou mightest be bound. And he said unto her, If thou weavest the seven locks of my head with the web.”
נָגַד
To tell, to declare, to make known. Nagad. The heavens declare the glory of God. Everything in creation is telling the story of its Creator.
שֶׁבַע
seven
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שֶׁבַע
seven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
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רֹאשׁ
head/ my
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רֹאשׁ
the head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
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עַד
until
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עַד
as far (or long, or much) as, whether of space (even unto) or time (during, while, until) or degree (equally with)
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כָּזָב
lies
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כָּזָב
falsehood; literally (untruth) or figuratively (idol)
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הֵנָּה
now
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הֵנָּה
hither or thither (but used both of place and time)
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מַחְלָפָה
the plaits of
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מַחְלָפָה
a ringlet of hair (as gliding over each other)
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הָתַל
you have deceived
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הָתַל
to deride; by implication, to cheat
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דְּלִילָה
Delilah
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דְּלִילָה
Delilah, a Philistine woman
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שִׁמְשׁוֹן
Samson
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שִׁמְשׁוֹן
Shimshon, an Israelite
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