Judges 13:8

Then Manoah intreated the LORD, and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send come again unto us, and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
Manoah	מָנ֛וֹחַ ma.No.ach	H4495	Manoach · proper noun, a man's name
intreated	וַיֶּעְתַּ֥ר vai.ye'.Tar	H6279	to burn incense in worship · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֖ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
said	וַיֹּאמַ֑ר vai.yo.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
O	בִּ֣י bi	H994	oh that! · interjection
Lord	אֲדוֹנָ֔י 'a.do.Nai	H136	the Lord (used as a proper name of God only) · proper noun, a title
let	נָ֥א na'	H4994	'I pray' · interjection
man	אִ֣ישׁ 'ish	H376	a man as an individual or a male person · noun, common masculine singular construct
God	הָאֱלֹהִ֞ים ha.'E.lo.Him	H430	gods in the ordinary sense · definite article + noun, common masculine plural absolute
send	שָׁלַ֗חְתָּ sha.Lach.ta	H7971	to send away · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
again	יָבוֹא ya.Vo'-	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
teach	וְיוֹרֵ֕נוּ ve.yo.Re.nu	H3384	properly · conjunction + verb, hiphil, 3rd person masculine singular + pronominal suffix
do	נַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה na.'a.Seh	H6213	to do or make · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common plural
child	לַנַּ֥עַר la.Na.'ar	H5288	(concretely) a boy (as active) · preposition with the article + noun, common masculine singular absolute
born	הַיּוּלָּֽד hai.yu.Lad	H3205	to bear young · definite article + verb, pual passive participle, masculine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Acts 9:6 And he trembling and astonished said, Lord, what wilt thou have me to do? And the Lord said unto him, Arise, and go into the city, and it sh…
Job 34:32 That which I see not teach thou me: if I have done iniquity, I will do no more.
Proverbs 3:5-6 Trust in the LORD with all thine heart; and lean not unto thine own understanding.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 13:8-14

We have here an account of a second visit which the angel of God made to Manoah and his wife. I. Manoah earnestly prayed for it, Jdg 13:8. He was not incredulous of the story his wife told him; he knew she was a virtuous woman, and therefore the heart of her husband did safely trust in her; he knew she would not go about to impose upon him, much less was he, as Josephus unworthily represents him, jealous of his wife's conversation with this stranger; but, 1. He takes it for granted that this child of promise shall in due time be given them, and speaks without hesitation of the child that shall be born. There was not found so great faith, no, not in Zechariah, a priest, then in waiting at the…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 13:6

then Manoah entreated the Lord--On being informed by his wife of the welcome intimation, the husband made it the subject of earnest prayer to God. This is a remarkable instance, indicative of the connection which God has established between prayer and the fulfilment of His promises.

John Gill on Judges 13:8

Then Manoah entreated the Lord,.... Josephus (l) makes the woman to entreat the Lord; but the text is clear for it that it was Manoah that prayed: and said, O my Lord, let the man of God which thou didst send unto us; he believed that the man that came to his wife was a man of God, and that he was of his sending; nor was he incredulous of the message he brought, as appears by what follows: and teach us what we shall do unto the child that shall be born; he believed there would be a child born, and he knew what was to be done to a Nazarite in common, according to the law of God respecting such, and the angel had mentioned somewhat to the woman; yet this being an extraordinary case, a Nazari…

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Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 13:8-9

Being firmly convinced of the truth of this announcement, and at the same time reflecting upon the obligation which it imposed upon the parents, Manoah prayed to the Lord that He would let the man of God whom He had sent come to them again, to teach them what they were to do to the boy that should be born, i.e., how they should treat him. היּוּלד, according to the Keri היּלּד, is a participle Pual with the מ dropped (see Ewald, 169, b.). This prayer was heard. The angel of God appeared once more to the woman when she was sitting alone in the field without her husband.

The Church Fathers

But he, informed of this, devoutly offered his prayers to God, that the grace of this vision might be conferred on him also, saying, "To me, Lord, let Thine Angel come." I am of opinion therefore that it was not from jealousy of his wife, because she was remarkable for her beauty that he acted thus, as one writer has supposed, but rather that he was filled with desire of the Divine grace, and sought to participate in the benefit of the heavenly vision. For one whose mind was depraved could not have found such favour with the Lord, as that an Angel should return to his house, who, having given those monitions which the Divine announcement made requisite, was suddenly carried away in the form of a smoking flame. This sight, which terrified the man, the woman interpreted more auspiciously, and so removed his solicitude, in that to see God is a sign of good not evil.
— Ambrose of Milan, Letter 19.11-12

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Dictionary and topics

Angel — A word signifying, both in the Hebrew and Greek, a “messenger,” and hence employed to denote any agent God sends forth to execute his purposes. It is used of an ordinary messenger (Job 1:14: 1 Sam.…
Manoah — Rest, a Danite, the father of Samson (Judg. 13:1-22, and 14:2-4).
Philistines — (Gen. 10:14, R.V.; but in A.V., “Philistim”), a tribe allied to the Phoenicians. They were a branch of the primitive race which spread over the whole district of the Lebanon and the valley of the…
Samson — Of the sun, the son of Manoah, born at Zorah. The narrative of his life is given in Judg. 13-16. He was a “Nazarite unto God” from his birth, the first Nazarite mentioned in Scripture (Judg. 13:3-5;…
Conception · .Manoah’s wife — .Manoah’s wife
Manoah · A Danite of Zorah and the father of Sam — A Danite of Zorah and the father of Sam
Parents · Good - Exemplified: Manoah — Good - Exemplified: Manoah

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 13:8-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 13:6

John Gill on Judges 13:8

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 13:8-9

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 13:8-14

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 13:6

John Gill on Judges 13:8

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 13:8-9

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Rashi on Judges 13:8