Hebrew Interlinear

Judges 16:19 Interlinear

And she made him sleep upon her knees and she called for a man and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head and she began to afflict went him and his strength

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1וַתְּיַשְּׁנֵ֙הוּ֙H3462And she made him sleepproperly, to be slack or languid, i.e., (by implication) sleep (figuratively, to die); also to grow old, stale or inveterate
2עַלH5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications
3בִּרְכֶּ֔יהָH1290upon her kneesa knee
4וַתִּקְרָ֣אH7121and she calledto call out to (i.e., properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
5לָאִ֔ישׁH376for a mana man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)
6וַתְּגַלַּ֕חH1548and she caused him to shave offproperly, to be bald, i.e., (causatively) to shave; figuratively to lay waste
7אֶתH853properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
8שֶׁ֖בַעH7651the sevenseven (as the sacred full one); also (adverbially) seven times; by implication, a week; by extension, an indefinite number
9מַחְלְפ֣וֹתH4253locksa ringlet of hair (as gliding over each other)
10רֹאשׁ֑וֹH7218of his headthe head (as most easily shaken), whether literal or figurative (in many applications, of place, time, rank, itc.)
11וַתָּ֙חֶל֙H2490and she beganproperly, to bore, i.e., (by implication) to wound, to dissolve; figuratively, to profane (a person, place or thing), to break (one's word), to begin
12לְעַנּוֹת֔וֹH6031to afflictto depress literally or figuratively, transitive or intransitive (in various applications, as follows)
13וַיָּ֥סַרH5493wentto turn off (literally or figuratively)
14כֹּח֖וֹH3581him and his strengthvigor, literally (force, in a good or a bad sense) or figuratively (capacity, means, produce)
15מֵֽעָלָֽיו׃H5921above, over, upon, or against (yet always in this last relation with a downward aspect) in a great variety of applications

Verse Context

Judges 16:18saw And when Delilah for he hath shewed ...
Judges 16:19 (current)And she made him sleep upon her knees and she called for a man and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head and she began to afflict went him and his strength
Judges 16:20And she said The Philistines be upon thee Samson And he awoke out of his sleep...

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