Scriptures), and it means “to press,” “to plague,” “to torment.” The word means that she put him under tremendous emotional pressure with the result: that his soul was vexed unto death. He was finally emotionally exhausted. The rabbis teach that he should have divorced her, but instead he allowed her to pressure him to the point of a nervous breakdown. So, in verse 17, Samson finally reveals the secret: And he told her all his heart. He obviously did it in such a way that showed he was no longer