Jueces 16:19

19 Dalila arrulló a Sansón hasta dormirlo con la cabeza sobre su regazo, y luego hizo entrar a un hombre para que le afeitara las siete trenzas del cabello. De esa forma, comenzó a debilitarlo,
y la fuerza lo abandonó.

Jueces 16:19 Meaning and Commentary

Judges 16:19

And she made him sleep upon her knees
Giving him, as some think, a sleepy potion; or however encouraged him to take a nap upon her knees, and by her fondness lulled him to sleep:

and she called for a man; a barber;
in former times to shave was the work of a servant ^F6 and sometimes of a woman; she gave orders for one to be sent for; for Jarchi calls him a messenger of the lords of the Philistines:

and she caused him to shave off the seven locks of his head;
this shows that they were not wove into one another, and made but one lock, as some interpret what she was before directed to do:

and she began to afflict him;
as his hair was shaving off; though he was asleep, yet he discovered some uneasiness, the effects of it began to appear: though the word "began" here may be redundant, as in ( Numbers 25:1 ) ( Judges 20:40 ) and then the meaning is, that she afflicted him, or again afflicted him; for she had afflicted him, or at least attempted it, three times before, and therefore did not begin now; this Hebraism is used in ( Mark 4:1 ) and frequently in Jewish writings ^F7:

and his strength went from him;
sensibly and gradually; though some understand it of her shaking him in a violent manner to awake him, and shrieking and crying out terribly to frighten him, with her old cry of the Philistines being on him, and of her binding him, though not expressed; whereby she perceived his strength was gone, and he could not loose himself.

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FOOTNOTES:

F6 Vid. Pignorium de servis, p. 89, 90, 91. & Popma de servis, p. 57, 58.
F7 See Lightfoot. Hor. Heb. in Mark iv. 1. Vid. Sterringae Animadv. Philolog. Sacr. p. 248.

Jueces 16:19 In-Context

17 Entonces finalmente Sansón le reveló su secreto: «Nunca se me ha cortado el cabello —le confesó—, porque fui consagrado a Dios como nazareo desde mi nacimiento. Si me raparan la cabeza, perdería la fuerza, y me volvería tan débil como cualquier otro hombre».

18 Así que Dalila se dio cuenta de que por fin Sansón le había dicho la verdad, y mandó llamar a los gobernantes filisteos. «Vuelvan una vez más —les dijo—, porque al fin me reveló su secreto». Entonces los gobernantes filisteos volvieron con el dinero en las manos.

19 Dalila arrulló a Sansón hasta dormirlo con la cabeza sobre su regazo, y luego hizo entrar a un hombre para que le afeitara las siete trenzas del cabello. De esa forma, comenzó a debilitarlo,
y la fuerza lo abandonó.

20 Entonces ella gritó: «¡Sansón! ¡Los filisteos han venido a capturarte!».
Cuando se despertó, pensó: «Haré como antes y enseguida me liberaré»; pero no se daba cuenta de que el Señor
lo había abandonado.

21 Así que los filisteos lo capturaron y le sacaron los ojos. Se lo llevaron a Gaza, donde lo ataron con cadenas de bronce y lo obligaron a moler grano en la prisión.