16:9 They hid16 in the bedroom and then she said to him, “The Philistines are here,17 Samson!” He snapped the bowstrings as easily as a thread of yarn snaps when it is put close to fire.18 The secret of his strength was not discovered.19
tnHeb “And the ones lying in wait were sitting for her.” The grammatically singular form וְהָאֹרֵב (véha’orev) is collective here, referring to the rulers as a group (so also in v. 16).