Judges 16:17
King James Version
10 Jun 2026
“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.”
עָלָה
to ascend, intransitively (be high) or actively (mount); used in a great variety of senses, primary and secondary, literal and figurative
נָזִיר
am a Nazirite of
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נָזִיר
separate, i.e. consecrated (as prince, a Nazirite); hence (figuratively from the latter) an unpruned vine (like an unshorn Nazirite)
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לֵב
heart/ his
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לֵב
Heart, mind, will. Leb. The centre of human personality. Guard your heart above all else for everything you do flows from it.
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כֹּחַ
strength/ my
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כֹּחַ
Strength, power, ability. Koach. Not by might nor by power but by My Spirit. Human koach has limits. God's koach has none.
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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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גָּלַח
I was shaved
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גָּלַח
properly, to be bald, i.e. (causatively) to shave; figuratively to lay waste
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מִן
from/ me
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מִן
properly, a part of; hence (prepositionally), from or out of in many senses
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מוֹרָה
a razor
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מוֹרָה
a razor
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