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5 and the princes of the Philistines come up unto her, and say to her, `Entice him, and see wherein his great power [is], and wherein we are able for him--and we have bound him to afflict him, and we--we give to you, each one, eleven hundred silverlings..
6 And Delilah said unto Samson, `Declare, I pray you, to me, wherein your great power [is], and wherewith you are bound, to afflict you..
7 And Samson said unto her, `If they bind me with seven green withs which have not been dried, then I have been weak, and have been as one of the human race..
8 And the princes of the Philistines bring up to her seven green withs which have not been dried, and she binds him with them.
9 And the ambush is abiding with her in an inner chamber, and she said unto him, `Philistines [are] upon you, Samson;' and he breaks the withs as a thread of tow is broken in its smelling fire, and his power has not been known.
10 And Delilah said unto Samson, `Lo, you have played upon me, and speak unto me lies; now, declare, I pray you, to me, wherewith you are bound..
11 And he said unto her, `If they certainly bind me with thick bands, new ones, by which work has not been done, then I have been weak, and have been as one of the human race..
12 And Delilah takes thick bands, new ones, and binds him with them, and said unto him, `Philistines [are] upon you, Samson;' and the ambush is abiding in an inner chamber, and he breaks them from off his arms as a thread.
13 And Delilah said unto Samson, `Hitherto you have played upon me, and do speak unto me lies; declare to me wherewith you are bound.' And he said unto her, `If you weave the seven locks of my head with the web..
14 And she fixes [it] with the pin, and said unto him, `Philistines [are] upon you, Samson;' and he awakes out of his sleep, and journeys with the pin of the weaving machine, and with the web.
15 And she said unto him, `How do you say, I have loved you, and your heart is not with me? these three times you have played upon me, and have not declared to me wherein your great power [is]..
16 And it comes to pass, because she distressed him with her words all the days, and does urge him, and his soul is grieved to death,
17 that he declares to her all his heart, and said to her, `A razor has not gone up on my head, for a Nazarite to Elohim I [am] from the womb of my mother; if I have been shaven, then has my power turned aside from me, and I have been weak, and have been as any of the human race..
18 And Delilah sees that he has declared to her all his heart, and she sends and calls for the princes of the Philistines, saying, `Come up this time, for he has declared to me all his heart;' and the princes of the Philistines have come up unto her, and bring up the money in their hand.
19 and she makes him sleep on her knees, and calls for a man, and shaves the seven locks of his head, and begins to afflict him, and his power turns aside from off him;"
20 and she said, `Philistines [are] upon you, Samson;' and he awakes out of his sleep, and said, `I go out as time by time, and shake myself;' and he has not known that Yahweh has turned aside from off him.