delilah
part of speech
noun
meaning for a pupil
The woman Samson loved in the valley of Sorek. She was a Philistine who got his secret and betrayed him. tree →
sense in the lessons
In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: She is the woman who was paid by the Philistine lords to find out the secret of Samson's strength. She cut his hair and gave him to his enemies. Interpretation: Tradition sees Samson's downfall as a warning about following his eyes and desires. His hair marked his Nazirite vow, and so his strength came from keeping faith with God.
examples
- And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah. (Prophets JDG.16.4, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Delilah said to Samson: 'Tell me, I pray thee, wherein thy great strength lieth, and wherewith thou mightest be bound to afflict thee.' (Prophets JDG.16.6, JPS 1917) tree →
- And Delilah said unto Samson: 'Behold, thou hast mocked me, and told me lies; now tell me, I pray thee, wherewith thou mightest be bound.' (Prophets JDG.16.10, JPS 1917) tree →
note
A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.
In the corpora
- And it came to pass afterward, that he loved a woman in the valley of Sorek, whose name was Delilah.
Trees and pragmatics
Every meaning and example of «delilah» parsed by Mova, each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.