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Judges 16:15-17

15“Howאֵ֚יךְ'eikhH349can you sayוַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗יוva.To.mer 'e.LavH559 H413, ‘I love youאֲהַבְתִּ֔יךְ'a.hav.TikhH157,’”she askedתֹּאמַ֣רto.MarH559, “when your heartוְלִבְּךָ֖ve.li.be.KhaH3820is notאֵ֣ין'einH369with meאִתִּ֑י'i.TiH854?Thisזֶ֣הzehH2088is the thirdשָׁלֹ֤שׁsha.LoshH7969timeפְּעָמִים֙pe.'a.MimH6471you have mockedהֵתַ֣לְתָּhe.Tal.taH2048meand failedוְלֹא־ve.lo'-H3808to revealהִגַּ֣דְתָּhi.Gad.taH5046to methe sourceבַּמֶּ֖הba.MehH4100of your great strengthכֹּחֲךָ֥ גָדֽוֹל׃ko.cha.Kha ga.DolH3581 H1419!”

16Finally, afterוַ֠יְהִיVay.hiH1961כִּֽי־ki-H3588she had pressedהֵצִ֨יקָהhe.Tzi.kahH6693himdailyכָּל־ הַיָּמִ֖יםkol- hai.ya.MimH3605 H3117with her wordsבִדְבָרֶ֛יהָvid.va.Rei.haH1697and pleadedוַתְּאַֽלֲצֵ֑הוּva.te.'a.la.Tze.huH509until heנַפְשׁ֖וֹnaf.ShoH5315was sickוַתִּקְצַ֥רva.tik.TzarH7114to deathלָמֽוּת׃la.MutH4191,

17Samsontoldוַיַּגֶּד־vai.ya.ged-H5046herאֶת־'et-H853all that wasכָּל־kol-H3605in his heartלִבּ֗וֹli.BoH3820וַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559: “My hairרֹאשִׁ֔יro.ShiH7218has neverלֹֽא־lo'-H3808been cutמוֹרָה֙ עָלָ֣ה עַל־mo.Rah 'a.Lah 'al-H4177 H5927 H5921,becauseכִּֽי־ki-H3588Iאֲנִ֖י'a.NiH589have beena Naziriteנְזִ֧ירne.ZirH5139to Godאֱלֹהִ֛ים'E.lo.HimH430from my mother’sאִמִּ֑י'i.MiH517wombמִבֶּ֣טֶןmi.Be.tenH990.Ifאִם־'im-H518I am shavedגֻּלַּ֙חְתִּי֙gu.Lach.tiH1548,my strengthכֹחִ֔יkho.ChiH3581will leaveוְסָ֣רve.SarH5493meמִמֶּ֣נִּיmi.Me.niH4480,and I will become as weakוְחָלִ֥יתִיve.cha.Li.tiH2470asוְהָיִ֖יתִיve.ha.Yi.tiH1961anyכְּכָל־ke.khol-H3605other manהָאָדָֽם׃ha.'a.DamH120.”

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