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Judges 16:9
“Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it toucheth the fire. So his strength was not known.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
H693 · Hebrew
- Definition
- to lurk
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- (lie in) ambush(-ment), lay (lie in) wait.
- Grammar
- וְ — conjunction
- הָ — particle (definite article)
- אֹרֵ֗ב — verb Qal, active participle, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 41 times in the Hebrew Bible.Deuteronomy 19:11Joshua 8:2Joshua 8:4Joshua 8:7Joshua 8:12
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read אָרַב here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.