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Judges 16:14
So while he slept, Delilah took the seven braids of his hair and wove them into the web. Then she tightened it with a pin and called to him, “Samson, the Philistines are here!” But he awoke from his sleep and pulled out the pin with the loom and the web.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Delilah acts while Samson sleeps, weaving his seven hair braids into a loom and driving a pin through them before shouting that the Philistines have arrived.
The words — The Hebrew verb תִּתְקַע (titkaʿ) translates literally as “she thrust” or “she drove in,” denoting the forceful insertion of the loom pin to secure the binding.
The thread — This sequence of repeated restraint followed by human rebellion and subsequent consequence mirrors the pattern recorded in Ezra 9:13 and Psalms 106:43.
Why it lands — The text requires the reader to acknowledge that physical power and divine protection are immediately void when a covenant secret is exchanged for deception.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
And she fastened it with the pin, and said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he awaked out of his sleep, and went away with the pin of the beam, and with the web.
Cross-references
- Ezra 9:13 After all that has come upon us because of our evil deeds and our great guilt (though You, our God, have punished us less than our iniquities deserve and have given us such a remnant as this),
- Psalms 106:43 Many times He rescued them, but they were bent on rebellion and sank down in their iniquity.