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Judges 16:15-17

15And she saidוַתֹּ֣אמֶרva.To.merH559unto him, Howאֵ֚יךְ'eikhH349canst thou sayתֹּאמַ֣רto.MarH559,I loveאֲהַבְתִּ֔יךְ'a.hav.TikhH157thee, when thine heartוְלִבְּךָ֖ve.li.be.KhaH3820isnot with me? thou hast mockedהֵתַ֣לְתָּhe.Tal.taH2048me these threeשָׁלֹ֤שׁsha.LoshH7969timesפְּעָמִים֙pe.'a.MimH6471,and hast not toldהִגַּ֣דְתָּhi.Gad.taH5046me wherein thy greatגָדֽוֹל׃ga.DolH1419strengthכֹּחֲךָ֥ko.cha.KhaH3581lieth.

16And it came to pass, when she pressedהֵצִ֨יקָהhe.Tzi.kahH6693him dailyהַיָּמִ֖יםhai.ya.MimH3117with her wordsבִדְבָרֶ֛יהָvid.va.Rei.haH1697,and urgedוַתְּאַֽלֲצֵ֑הוּva.te.'a.la.Tze.huH509him, sothat his soulנַפְשׁ֖וֹnaf.ShoH5315was vexedוַתִּקְצַ֥רva.tik.TzarH7114unto deathלָמֽוּת׃la.MutH4191;

17That he toldוַיַּגֶּד־vai.ya.ged-H5046her all his heartלִבּ֗וֹli.BoH3820,and saidוַיֹּ֤אמֶרvai.Yo.merH559unto her, There hath not comeעָלָ֣ה'a.LahH5927a razorמוֹרָה֙mo.RahH4177upon mine headרֹאשִׁ֔יro.ShiH7218; for I have beena Nazariteנְזִ֧ירne.ZirH5139unto Godאֱלֹהִ֛ים'E.lo.HimH430from my mother’sאִמִּ֑י'i.MiH517wombמִבֶּ֣טֶןmi.Be.tenH990:if I be shavenגֻּלַּ֙חְתִּי֙gu.Lach.tiH1548,then my strengthכֹחִ֔יkho.ChiH3581will goוְסָ֣רve.SarH5493from me, and I shall become weakוְחָלִ֥יתִיve.cha.Li.tiH2470, and be like any othermanהָאָדָֽם׃ha.'a.DamH120.

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