Judges 16

שופטים פרק ט״ז

Section: נביאים · נביאים ראשונים | Book: Judges | Chapter: 16 of 21 | Day: 40 of 742

Date: March 23, 2026

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Judges 16 brings the Samson cycle to its dramatic and tragic conclusion, narrating the hero’s final entanglement with a Philistine woman, his capture and humiliation, and his spectacular death amid the ruins of the temple of Dagon. The chapter divides naturally into three acts: the episode at Gaza (verses 1-3), the Delilah narrative (verses 4-22), and the destruction of the Philistine temple (verses 23-31). Together these scenes complete a portrait of a judge whose extraordinary physical gifts were matched only by the recklessness with which he squandered them, and whose story poses searching questions about the relationship between divine power and human agency.

The opening scene at Gaza, brief though it is, establishes the pattern that governs the entire chapter. Samson enters enemy territory driven by desire, sleeps with a woman, and escapes through sheer physical prowess — uprooting the city gates, doorposts, and crossbar and carrying them to a hilltop near Hebron. The episode reads almost as a prologue, demonstrating that Samson’s strength still functions even when exercised in morally compromised circumstances. Yet the narrative is already hinting at vulnerability: each time Samson crosses into Philistine space in pursuit of women, the noose tightens. The Gazites set an ambush at the gate, foreshadowing the more sophisticated entrapment that Delilah will orchestrate.

The central Delilah narrative (verses 4-22) is structured around a fourfold pattern of deception and testing that recalls folktale motifs found across ancient Near Eastern literature. Delilah asks the source of Samson’s strength; he lies; she tests the lie; the Philistines fail to subdue him. The progression from fresh tendons (yetarim) to new ropes (avotim) to weaving his hair into a loom is not merely repetitive — each false answer draws closer to the truth, as Samson moves from objects entirely external to himself toward his own hair, the visible sign of his Nazirite consecration (nezirut). The commentators, particularly Radak, emphasize that this was not a single conversation but a prolonged campaign of emotional pressure spanning many days. Delilah’s manipulation — “How can you say you love me, when you don’t confide in me?” (verse 15) — exploits the language of intimacy to extract a sacred secret. The Talmud in Sotah 9b adds that she employed physical withdrawal during intimacy, a detail that underscores the transactional nature of the relationship. When Samson finally reveals “all his heart” (et kol libo), the text uses a phrase that signals total spiritual exposure: he has handed over not merely tactical information but the covenant identity that bound him to God since before birth.

The theological crux of the chapter lies in the devastating observation of verse 20: “He did not know that the Lord had departed from him” (vehu lo yada ki Hashem sar me’alav). This is among the most chilling sentences in all of Tanakh. Samson’s ignorance is not simply about the loss of physical strength but about the departure of the divine presence (Shekhinah). Radak offers two readings: either Samson forgot in his drowsiness what he had revealed, or he knew his strength was gone but assumed God would rescue him regardless. Both readings illuminate a deeper problem — the presumption that divine power is automatic rather than covenantal. The Samson narrative as a whole serves as a counterpoint to the cyclical pattern of Judges, where the people sin, God sends oppressors, the people cry out, and God raises a deliverer. Samson never rallies the people, never leads an army, and never calls for collective repentance. He operates alone, driven by personal grievance and desire, and his judgeship (shefitah) consists entirely of individual acts of violence.

The final act redeems Samson only partially. His prayer in verse 28 — invoking God by the double name “Adonai Hashem” and asking to be remembered for his twenty years of selfless leadership — marks his first and only moment of genuine spiritual petition in the entire narrative. The Midrash’s observation that he asked for vengeance for only one eye, saving the reward for the other for the World to Come, suggests a man who has finally recognized that his account with God extends beyond this life. His death, bringing down the temple of Dagon upon the Philistine lords and three thousand spectators, accomplishes more than all his living exploits combined. The text notes with grim precision: “Those who were slain by him as he died outnumbered those who had been slain by him when he lived” (verse 30). The burial notice — between Zorah and Eshtaol, in his father Manoah’s tomb — returns Samson to his origins, closing the circle that began with the angelic annunciation in chapter 13. His twenty-year judgeship, mentioned twice in the book, prompted the Sages to teach that the Philistines feared his memory for twenty years after his death just as they had feared him during his lifetime.

פרק ט״ז · Chapter 16

פסוק א׳ · Verse 1

Hebrew:

וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ שִׁמְשׁ֖וֹן עַזָּ֑תָה וַיַּרְא־שָׁם֙ אִשָּׁ֣ה זוֹנָ֔ה וַיָּבֹ֖א אֵלֶֽיהָ׃

English:

Once Samson went to Gaza; there he met a prostitute and slept with her.

פסוק ב׳ · Verse 2

Hebrew:

לַעַזָּתִ֣ים ׀ לֵאמֹ֗ר בָּ֤א שִׁמְשׁוֹן֙ הֵ֔נָּה וַיָּסֹ֛בּוּ וַיֶּאֶרְבוּ־ל֥וֹ כׇל־הַלַּ֖יְלָה בְּשַׁ֣עַר הָעִ֑יר וַיִּתְחָֽרְשׁ֤וּ כׇל־הַלַּ֙יְלָה֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר עַד־א֥וֹר הַבֹּ֖קֶר וַהֲרַגְנֻֽהוּ׃

English:

aMeaning of parts of verse uncertain. The Gazites [learned]b[learned] Septuagint reads “were told.” that Samson had come there, so they gathered and lay in ambush for him in the town gate the whole night; and all night long they kept whispering to each other, “When daylight comes, we’ll kill him.”

פסוק ג׳ · Verse 3

Hebrew:

וַיִּשְׁכַּ֣ב שִׁמְשׁוֹן֮ עַד־חֲצִ֣י הַלַּ֒יְלָה֒ וַיָּ֣קׇם ׀ בַּחֲצִ֣י הַלַּ֗יְלָה וַיֶּאֱחֹ֞ז בְּדַלְת֤וֹת שַֽׁעַר־הָעִיר֙ וּבִשְׁתֵּ֣י הַמְּזֻז֔וֹת וַיִּסָּעֵם֙ עִֽם־הַבְּרִ֔יחַ וַיָּ֖שֶׂם עַל־כְּתֵפָ֑יו וַֽיַּעֲלֵם֙ אֶל־רֹ֣אשׁ הָהָ֔ר אֲשֶׁ֖ר עַל־פְּנֵ֥י חֶבְרֽוֹן׃ {פ}

English:

But Samson lay in bed only till midnight. At midnight he got up, grasped the doors of the town gate together with the two gateposts, and pulled them out along with the bar. He placed them on his shoulders and carried them off to the top of the hill that is near Hebron.

פסוק ד׳ · Verse 4

Hebrew:

וַֽיְהִי֙ אַחֲרֵי־כֵ֔ן וַיֶּאֱהַ֥ב אִשָּׁ֖ה בְּנַ֣חַל שֹׂרֵ֑ק וּשְׁמָ֖הּ דְּלִילָֽה׃

English:

After that, he fell in love with a woman in the Wadi Sorek, named Delilah.

פסוק ה׳ · Verse 5

Hebrew:

וַיַּעֲל֨וּ אֵלֶ֜יהָ סַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים וַיֹּ֨אמְרוּ לָ֜הּ פַּתִּ֣י אוֹת֗וֹ וּרְאִי֙ בַּמֶּה֙ כֹּח֣וֹ גָד֔וֹל וּבַמֶּה֙ נ֣וּכַל ל֔וֹ וַאֲסַרְנ֖וּהוּ לְעַנּוֹת֑וֹ וַאֲנַ֙חְנוּ֙ נִתַּן־לָ֔ךְ אִ֕ישׁ אֶ֥לֶף וּמֵאָ֖ה כָּֽסֶף׃

English:

The lords of the Philistines went up to her and said, “Coax him and find out what makes him so strong, and how we can overpower him, tie him up, and make him helpless; and we’ll each give you eleven hundred shekels of silver.”

פסוק ו׳ · Verse 6

Hebrew:

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר דְּלִילָה֙ אֶל־שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן הַגִּידָה־נָּ֣א לִ֔י בַּמֶּ֖ה כֹּחֲךָ֣ גָד֑וֹל וּבַמֶּ֥ה תֵאָסֵ֖ר לְעַנּוֹתֶֽךָ׃

English:

So Delilah said to Samson, “Tell me, what makes you so strong? And how could you be tied up and made helpless?”

פסוק ז׳ · Verse 7

Hebrew:

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙ שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן אִם־יַאַסְרֻ֗נִי בְּשִׁבְעָ֛ה יְתָרִ֥ים לַחִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־חֹרָ֑בוּ וְחָלִ֥יתִי וְהָיִ֖יתִי כְּאַחַ֥ד הָאָדָֽם׃

English:

Samson replied, “If I were to be tied with seven fresh tendons that had not been dried,cdried For use as bowstrings. I should become as weak as an ordinary man.”

פסוק ח׳ · Verse 8

Hebrew:

וַיַּעֲלוּ־לָ֞הּ סַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים שִׁבְעָ֛ה יְתָרִ֥ים לַחִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר לֹא־חֹרָ֑בוּ וַתַּאַסְרֵ֖הוּ בָּהֶֽם׃

English:

So the lords of the Philistines brought up to her seven fresh tendons that had not been dried. She bound him with them,

פסוק ט׳ · Verse 9

Hebrew:

וְהָאֹרֵ֗ב יֹשֵׁ֥ב לָהּ֙ בַּחֶ֔דֶר וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו פְּלִשְׁתִּ֥ים עָלֶ֖יךָ שִׁמְשׁ֑וֹן וַיְנַתֵּק֙ אֶת־הַיְתָרִ֔ים כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יִנָּתֵ֤ק פְּתִֽיל־הַנְּעֹ֙רֶת֙ בַּהֲרִיח֣וֹ אֵ֔שׁ וְלֹ֥א נוֹדַ֖ע כֹּחֽוֹ׃

English:

while an ambush was waiting in her room. Then she called out to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!” Whereupon he pulled the tendons apart, as a strand of tow comes apart at the touch of fire. So the secret of his strength remained unknown.

פסוק י״ · Verse 10

Hebrew:

וַתֹּ֤אמֶר דְּלִילָה֙ אֶל־שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן הִנֵּה֙ הֵתַ֣לְתָּ בִּ֔י וַתְּדַבֵּ֥ר אֵלַ֖י כְּזָבִ֑ים עַתָּה֙ הַגִּידָה־נָּ֣א לִ֔י בַּמֶּ֖ה תֵּאָסֵֽר׃

English:

Then Delilah said to Samson, “Oh, you deceived me; you lied to me! Do tell me now how you could be tied up.”

פסוק י״א · Verse 11

Hebrew:

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלֶ֔יהָ אִם־אָס֤וֹר יַאַסְר֙וּנִי֙ בַּע��בֹתִ֣ים חֲדָשִׁ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֛ר לֹא־נַעֲשָׂ֥ה בָהֶ֖ם מְלָאכָ֑ה וְחָלִ֥יתִי וְהָיִ֖יתִי כְּאַחַ֥ד הָאָדָֽם׃

English:

He said, “If I were to be bound with new ropes that had never been used, I would become as weak as an ordinary man.”

פסוק י״ב · Verse 12

Hebrew:

וַתִּקַּ֣ח דְּלִילָה֩ עֲבֹתִ֨ים חֲדָשִׁ֜ים וַתַּאַסְרֵ֣הוּ בָהֶ֗ם וַתֹּ֤אמֶר אֵלָיו֙ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֤ים עָלֶ֙יךָ֙ שִׁמְשׁ֔וֹן וְהָאֹרֵ֖ב יֹשֵׁ֣ב בֶּחָ֑דֶר וַֽיְנַתְּקֵ֛ם מֵעַ֥ל זְרֹעֹתָ֖יו כַּחֽוּט׃

English:

So Delilah took new ropes and bound him with them, while an ambush was waiting in a room. And she cried, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!” But he tore them off his arms like a thread.

פסוק י״ג · Verse 13

Hebrew:

וַתֹּ֨אמֶר דְּלִילָ֜ה אֶל־שִׁמְשׁ֗וֹן עַד־הֵ֜נָּה הֵתַ֤לְתָּ בִּי֙ וַתְּדַבֵּ֤ר אֵלַי֙ כְּזָבִ֔ים הַגִּ֣ידָה לִּ֔י בַּמֶּ֖ה תֵּאָסֵ֑ר וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלֶ֔יהָ אִם־תַּאַרְגִ֗י אֶת־שֶׁ֛בַע מַחְלְפ֥וֹת רֹאשִׁ֖י עִם־הַמַּסָּֽכֶת׃

English:

Then Delilah said to Samson, “You have been deceiving me all along; you have been lying to me! Tell me, how could you be tied up?” He answered her, “If you weave seven locks of my head into the web.”dSeptuagint adds “and pin it with a peg to the wall, I shall become as weak as an ordinary man. So Delilah put him to sleep and wove the seven locks of his head into the web.”

פסוק י״ד · Verse 14

Hebrew:

וַתִּתְקַע֙ בַּיָּתֵ֔ד וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו פְּלִשְׁתִּ֥ים עָלֶ֖יךָ שִׁמְשׁ֑וֹן וַיִּיקַץ֙ מִשְּׁנָת֔וֹ וַיִּסַּ֛ע אֶת־הַיְתַ֥ד הָאֶ֖רֶג וְאֶת־הַמַּסָּֽכֶת׃

English:

And she pinned it with a pegewith a peg Septuagint adds “to the wall.” and cried to him, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!” Awaking from his sleep, he pulled out the peg, the loom,floom Meaning of Heb. uncertain. and the web.

פסוק ט״ו · Verse 15

Hebrew:

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗יו אֵ֚יךְ תֹּאמַ֣ר אֲ��ַבְתִּ֔יךְ וְלִבְּךָ֖ אֵ֣ין אִתִּ֑י זֶ֣ה שָׁלֹ֤שׁ פְּעָמִים֙ הֵתַ֣לְתָּ בִּ֔י וְלֹא־הִגַּ֣דְתָּ לִּ֔י בַּמֶּ֖ה כֹּחֲךָ֥ גָדֽוֹל׃

English:

Then she said to him, “How can you say you love me, when you don’t confide in me? This makes three times that you’ve deceived me and haven’t told me what makes you so strong.”

פסוק ט״ז · Verse 16

Hebrew:

וַ֠יְהִ֠י כִּֽי־הֵצִ֨יקָה לּ֧וֹ בִדְבָרֶ֛יהָ כׇּל־הַיָּמִ֖ים וַתְּאַֽלְצֵ֑הו�� וַתִּקְצַ֥ר נַפְשׁ֖וֹ לָמֽוּת׃

English:

Finally, after she had nagged him and pressed him constantly, he was wearied to death

פסוק י״ז · Verse 17

Hebrew:

וַיַּגֶּד־לָ֣הּ אֶת־כׇּל־לִבּ֗וֹ וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָהּ֙ מוֹרָה֙ לֹא־עָלָ֣ה עַל־רֹאשִׁ֔י כִּֽי־נְזִ֧יר אֱלֹהִ֛ים אֲנִ֖י מִבֶּ֣טֶן אִמִּ֑י אִם־גֻּלַּ֙חְתִּי֙ וְסָ֣ר מִמֶּ֣נִּי כֹחִ֔י וְחָלִ֥יתִי וְהָיִ֖יתִי כְּכׇל־הָאָדָֽם׃

English:

and he confided everything to her. He said to her, “No razor has ever touched my head, for I have been a nazirite to God since I was in my mother’s womb. If my hair were cut, my strength would leave me and I should become as weak as an ordinary man.”

פסוק י״ח · Verse 18

Hebrew:

וַתֵּ֣רֶא דְלִילָ֗ה כִּֽי־הִגִּ֣יד לָהּ֮ אֶת־כׇּל־לִבּוֹ֒ וַתִּשְׁלַ֡ח וַתִּקְרָא֩ לְסַרְנֵ֨י פְלִשְׁתִּ֤ים לֵאמֹר֙ עֲל֣וּ הַפַּ֔עַם כִּֽי־הִגִּ֥יד (לה) [לִ֖י] אֶת־כׇּל־לִבּ֑וֹ וְעָל֤וּ אֵלֶ֙יהָ֙ סַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וַיַּעֲל֥וּ הַכֶּ֖סֶף בְּיָדָֽם׃

English:

Sensing that he had confided everything to her, Delilah sent for the lords of the Philistines, with this message: “Come up once more, for he has confided everything to me.” And the lords of the Philistines came up and brought the money with them.

פסוק י״ט · Verse 19

Hebrew:

וַתְּיַשְּׁנֵ֙הוּ֙ עַל־בִּרְכֶּ֔יהָ וַתִּקְרָ֣א לָאִ֔ישׁ וַתְּגַלַּ֕ח אֶת־שֶׁ֖בַע מַחְלְפ֣וֹת רֹאשׁ֑וֹ וַתָּ֙חֶל֙ לְעַנּוֹת֔וֹ וַיָּ֥סַר כֹּח֖וֹ מֵעָלָֽיו׃

English:

She lulled him to sleep on her lap. Then she called in someone else, and she had him cut off the seven locks of his head; thus she weakened himgweakened him Taking wattaḥel as equivalent to wattaḥal; cf. vv. 7, 11, and 17. and made him helpless: his strength slipped away from him.

פסוק כ׳ · Verse 20

Hebrew:

וַתֹּ֕��מֶר פְּלִשְׁתִּ֥ים עָלֶ֖יךָ שִׁמְשׁ֑וֹן וַיִּקַ֣ץ מִשְּׁנָת֗וֹ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֵצֵ֞א כְּפַ֤עַם בְּפַ֙עַם֙ וְאִנָּעֵ֔ר וְהוּא֙ לֹ֣א יָדַ֔ע כִּ֥י יְהֹוָ֖ה סָ֥ר מֵעָלָֽיו׃

English:

She cried, “Samson, the Philistines are upon you!” And he awoke from his sleep, thinking he would break loosehloose Meaning of Heb. uncertain. and shake himself free as he had the other times. For he did not know that GOD had departed from him.

פסוק כ״א · Verse 21

Hebrew:

וַיֹּאחֲז֣וּהוּ פְלִשְׁתִּ֔ים וַֽיְנַקְּר֖וּ אֶת־עֵינָ֑יו וַיּוֹרִ֨ידוּ אוֹת֜וֹ עַזָּ֗תָה וַיַּאַסְר֙וּהוּ֙ בַּֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִם וַיְהִ֥י טוֹחֵ֖ן בְּבֵ֥ית (האסירים) [הָאֲסוּרִֽים]׃

English:

The Philistines seized him and gouged out his eyes. They brought him down to Gaza and shackled him in bronze fetters, and he became a mill slave in the prison.

פסוק כ״ב · Verse 22

Hebrew:

וַיָּ֧חֶל שְׂעַר־רֹאשׁ֛וֹ לְצַמֵּ֖חַ כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר גֻּלָּֽח׃ {פ}

English:

After his hair was cut off, it began to grow back.

פסוק כ״ג · Verse 23

Hebrew:

וְסַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֗ים נֶֽאֶסְפוּ֙ לִזְבֹּ֧חַ זֶבַח־גָּד֛וֹל לְדָג֥וֹן אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֖ם וּלְשִׂמְחָ֑ה וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ נָתַ֤ן אֱלֹהֵ֙ינוּ֙ בְּיָדֵ֔נוּ אֵ֖ת שִׁמְשׁ֥וֹן אוֹיְבֵֽנוּ׃

English:

Now the lords of the Philistines gathered to offer a great sacrifice to their god Dagon and to make merry. They chanted,“Our god has delivered into our handsOur enemy Samson.”

פסוק כ״ד · Verse 24

Hebrew:

וַיִּרְא֤וּ אֹתוֹ֙ הָעָ֔ם וַֽיְהַלְל֖וּ אֶת־אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם כִּ��י אָמְר֗וּ נָתַ֨ן אֱלֹהֵ֤ינוּ בְיָדֵ֙נוּ֙ אֶת־א֣וֹיְבֵ֔נוּ וְאֵת֙ מַחֲרִ֣יב אַרְצֵ֔נוּ וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר הִרְבָּ֖ה אֶת־חֲלָלֵֽינוּ׃

English:

iThis verse would read well after v. 25. When the people saw him, they sang praises to their god, chanting,“Our god has delivered into our handsThe enemy who devastated our land,And who slew so many of us.”

פסוק כ״ה · Verse 25

Hebrew:

וַֽיְהִי֙ (כי טוב) [כְּט֣וֹב] לִבָּ֔ם וַיֹּ֣אמְר֔וּ קִרְא֥וּ לְשִׁמְשׁ֖וֹן וִישַֽׂחֶק־לָ֑נוּ וַיִּקְרְא֨וּ לְשִׁמְשׁ֜וֹן מִבֵּ֣ית (האסירים) [הָאֲסוּרִ֗ים] וַיְצַחֵק֙ לִפְנֵיהֶ֔ם וַיַּעֲמִ֥ידוּ אוֹת֖וֹ בֵּ֥ין הָעַמּוּדִֽים׃

English:

As their spirits rose, they said, “Call Samson here and let him dance for us.” Samson was fetched from the prison, and he danced for them. Then they put him between the pillars.

פסוק כ״ו · Verse 26

Hebrew:

וַיֹּ֨אמֶר שִׁמְשׁ֜וֹן אֶל־הַנַּ֨עַר הַמַּחֲזִ֣יק בְּיָדוֹ֮ הַנִּ֣יחָה אוֹתִי֒ (והימשני) [וַהֲמִישֵׁ֙נִי֙] אֶת־הָֽעַמֻּדִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר הַבַּ֖יִת נָכ֣וֹן עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם וְאֶשָּׁעֵ֖ן עֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

English:

And Samson said to the boy who was leading him by the hand, “Let go of me and let me feel the pillars that the temple rests upon, that I may lean on them.”

פסוק כ״ז · Verse 27

Hebrew:

וְהַבַּ֗יִת מָלֵ֤א הָאֲנָשִׁים֙ וְהַנָּשִׁ֔ים וְשָׁ֕מָּה כֹּ֖ל סַרְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים וְעַל־הַגָּ֗ג כִּשְׁלֹ֤שֶׁת אֲלָפִים֙ אִ֣ישׁ וְאִשָּׁ֔ה הָרֹאִ֖ים בִּשְׂח֥וֹק שִׁמְשֽׁוֹן׃

English:

Now the temple was full of men and women; all the lords of the Philistines were there, and there were some three thousand men and women on the roof watching Samson dance.

פסוק כ״ח · Verse 28

Hebrew:

וַיִּקְרָ֥א שִׁמְשׁ֛וֹן אֶל־יְהֹוָ֖ה וַיֹּאמַ֑ר אֲדֹנָ֣י יֱהֹוִ֡ה זׇכְרֵ֣נִי נָא֩ וְחַזְּקֵ֨נִי נָ֜א אַ֣ךְ הַפַּ֤עַם הַזֶּה֙ הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים וְאִנָּקְמָ֧ה נְקַם־אַחַ֛ת מִשְּׁתֵ֥י עֵינַ֖י מִפְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃

English:

Then Samson called to GOD, “O Sovereign GOD! Please remember me, and give me strength just this once, O God, to take revenge of the Philistines, if only for one of my two eyes.”

פסוק כ״ט · Verse 29

Hebrew:

וַיִּלְפֹּ֨ת שִׁמְשׁ֜וֹן אֶת־שְׁנֵ֣י ׀ עַמּוּדֵ֣י הַתָּ֗וֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֤ר הַבַּ֙יִת֙ נָכ֣וֹן עֲלֵיהֶ֔ם וַיִּסָּמֵ֖ךְ עֲלֵיהֶ֑ם אֶחָ֥ד בִּימִינ֖וֹ וְאֶחָ֥ד בִּשְׂמֹאלֽוֹ׃

English:

He embraced the two middle pillars that the temple rested upon, one with his right arm and one with his left, and leaned against them;

פסוק ל׳ · Verse 30

Hebrew:

וַיֹּ֣אמֶר שִׁמְשׁ֗וֹן תָּמ֣וֹת נַפְשִׁי֮ עִם־פְּלִשְׁתִּים֒ וַיֵּ֣ט בְּכֹ֔חַ וַיִּפֹּ֤ל הַבַּ֙יִת֙ עַל־הַסְּרָנִ֔ים וְעַל־כׇּל־הָעָ֖ם אֲשֶׁר־בּ֑וֹ וַיִּהְי֤וּ הַמֵּתִים֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר הֵמִ֣ית בְּמוֹת֔וֹ רַ��ִּ֕ים מֵאֲשֶׁ֥ר הֵמִ֖ית בְּחַיָּֽיו׃

English:

Samson cried, “Let me die with the Philistines!” and he pulled with all his might. The temple came crashing down on the lords and on all the people in it. Those who were slain by him as he died outnumbered those who had been slain by him when he lived.

פסוק ל״א · Verse 31

Hebrew:

וַיֵּרְד֨וּ אֶחָ֜יו וְכׇל־בֵּ֣ית אָבִ֘יהוּ֮ וַיִּשְׂא֣וּ אֹתוֹ֒ וַֽיַּעֲל֣וּ ׀ וַיִּקְבְּר֣וּ אוֹת֗וֹ בֵּ֤ין צׇרְעָה֙ וּבֵ֣ין אֶשְׁתָּאֹ֔ל בְּקֶ֖בֶר מָנ֣וֹחַ אָבִ֑יו וְה֛וּא שָׁפַ֥ט אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עֶשְׂרִ֥ים שָׁנָֽה׃ {פ}

English:

His brothers and all his father’s household came down and carried him up and buried him in the tomb of his father Manoah, between Zorah and Eshtaol. He had led Israel for twenty years.

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