Judges 15:13

And they spake unto him, saying, No; but we will bind thee fast, and deliver thee into their hand: but surely we will not kill thee. And they bound him with two new cords, and brought him up from the rock.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
spake	וַיֹּ֧אמְרוּ vai.Yo.me.ru	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural
saying	לֵאמֹ֗ר le.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
bind	אָסֹ֤ר 'a.Sor	H631	to yoke or hitch · verb, qal infinitive absolute
fast	נֶֽאֱסָרְךָ֙ ne.'e.sa.re.Kha	H631	to yoke or hitch · verb, qal imperfect, 1st person common plural + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
deliver	וּנְתַנּ֣וּךָ u.ne.ta.Nu.kha	H5414	to give · conjunction + verb, qal sequential perfect, 1st person common plural + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
hand	בְיָדָ֔ם ve.ya.Dam	H3027	a hand (the open one (indicating power · preposition + noun, common both genders singular construct + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine plural
surely	וְהָמֵ֖ת ve.ha.Met	H4191	to die (literally or figuratively) · conjunction + verb, hiphil infinitive absolute
kill	נְמִיתֶ֑ךָ ne.mi.Te.kha	H4191	to die (literally or figuratively) · verb, hiphil imperfect, 1st person common plural + pronominal suffix, 2nd person masculine singular
bound	וַיַּאַסְרֻ֗הוּ vai.ya.'as.Ru.hu	H631	to yoke or hitch · conjunction + verb, qal sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
two	בִּשְׁנַ֙יִם֙ bish.Na.yim	H8147	two · preposition + noun, common both genders dual absolute
new	חֲדָשִׁ֔ים cha.da.Shim	H2319	new · adjective, masculine plural absolute
cords	עֲבֹתִ֣ים 'a.vo.Tim	H5688	something intwined · noun, common masculine plural absolute
up	וַֽיַּעֲל֖וּהוּ vai.ya.'a.Lu.hu	H5927	to ascend · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential imperfect, 3rd person masculine plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
rock	הַסָּֽלַע ha.Sa.la'	H5553	a craggy rock · definite article + noun, common masculine singular absolute

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890/1894), public domain; digitized by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). KJV word tagging: eBible.org (public domain). Original-language text, parsing and brief lexicon: STEPBible.org data from Tyndale House, Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 15:9-17

Here is, I. Samson violently pursued by the Philistine. They went up in a body, a more formidable force than they had together when Samson smote them hip and thigh; and they pitched in Judah, and spread themselves up and down the country, to find out Samson, who they heard had come this way, Jdg 15:9. When the men of Judah, who had tamely submitted to their yoke, pleaded that they had paid their tribute, and that none of their tribe had given them any offence, they freely own they designed nothing in this invasion but to seize Samson; they would fight neither against small nor great, but only that judge of Israel (Jdg 15:10), to do to him as he has done to us, that is, to smite his hip and t…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 15:9

HE IS BOUND BY THE MEN OF JUDAH, AND DELIVERED TO THE PHILISTINES. (Jdg 15:9-13) Then the Philistines went up--to the high land of Judah. and spread themselves in Lehi--now El-Lekieh, abounding with limestone cliffs; the sides of which are perforated with caves. The object of the Philistines in this expedition was to apprehend Samson, in revenge for the great slaughter he had committed on their people. With a view of freeing his own countrymen from all danger from the infuriated Philistines, he allowed himself to be bound and surrendered a fettered prisoner into their power. Exulting with joy at the near prospect of riddance from so formidable an enemy, they went to meet him. But he exert…

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John Gill on Judges 15:13

And they spake unto him, saying, no,.... They declared they would not fall upon him themselves and slay him; nor would the Jews put Christ to death themselves, though they were virtually his betrayers and murderers, John 18:31. but we will bind thee fast and deliver thee into their hands; as the Jews did Christ, and not only delivered him bound to the high priest, but also to the Roman governor, Matthew 27:2. but surely we will not kill thee: not with their own hands, but then they proposed to deliver him into the hands of the Philistines, from whence nothing but death could be expected; so that had they put him to death, they would have been accessory to it, as the Jews were to the death…

The Church Fathers

When they heard this, though three thousand men had come up, they swore to him that they would make no attempt on his life, only he must submit to be bound, in order that they might formally surrender him, and so keep clear of the crime of which they were accused.
— Ambrose of Milan, Letter 19: To Vigilius

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Dictionary and topics

Cord — Frequently used in its proper sense, for fastening a tent (Ex. 35:18; 39:40), yoking animals to a cart (Isa. 5:18), binding prisoners (Judg. 15:13; Ps. 2:3; 129:4), and measuring ground (2 Sam. 8;2;…
Cord · .Binding pri — .Binding pri
Etam · 4. A rock where Sam — 4. A rock where Sam
Lehi · with the jawbone of a donkey — with the jawbone of a donkey
Samson · His great strength — His great strength

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).

Judges 15:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 15:9-17

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 15:9

John Gill on Judges 15:13

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Judges 15:13

Word by word — the Hebrew

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Judges 15:9-17

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Judges 15:9

John Gill on Judges 15:13

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Judges 15:9-17

Rashi on Judges 15:13