סָ֥ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 סָ֥ר

   SAR

   had turned away
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 סָ֥ר מֵעָלָֽיו׃

   SAR me-a-LAV

   had turned away from upon him
3. clause🔊 וַיִּקַ֣ץ מִשְּׁנָת֗וֹ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֵצֵ֞א כְּפַ֤עַם בְּפַ֙עַם֙ וְאִנָּעֵ֔ר וְהוּא֙ לֹ֣א יָדַ֔ע כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה סָ֥ר מֵעָלָֽיו׃

   va-yi-KATS mish-she-na-TO va-yo-MER e-TSE ke-FA-am be-FA-am ve-in-na-ER ve-HU LO ya-DA KI Ye-ho-VAH SAR me-a-LAV

   and he awoke from his sleep and he said I will go out as time in time and shake myself and he not he knew that the LORD had turned away from upon him
4. sentence🔊 וַתֹּ֕אמֶר פְּלִשְׁתִּ֥ים עָלֶ֖יךָ שִׁמְשׁ֑וֹן וַיִּקַ֣ץ מִשְּׁנָת֗וֹ וַיֹּ֙אמֶר֙ אֵצֵ֞א כְּפַ֤עַם בְּפַ֙עַם֙ וְאִנָּעֵ֔ר וְהוּא֙ לֹ֣א יָדַ֔ע כִּ֥י יְהוָ֖ה סָ֥ר מֵעָלָֽיו׃

   va-to-MER pe-lish-TIM a-LE-kha shim-SHON va-yi-KATS mish-she-na-TO va-yo-MER e-TSE ke-FA-am be-FA-am ve-in-na-ER ve-HU LO ya-DA KI Ye-ho-VAH SAR me-a-LAV

   and she said Philistines upon you Samson and he awoke from his sleep and he said I will go out as time in time and shake myself and he not he knew that the LORD had turned away from upon him

Exegesis

The concluding clause wəhū’ lō’ yā·da‘ kî YHWH ṣār mē‘ālāv {וְהוּא לֹא יָדַע כִּי יְהוָה סָר מֵעָלָיו | wə·hū’ lō’ yā·ḏa‘ kî Yə·hō·wāh ṣār mē·’ā·lāv} uses the conjunction kî as a causal marker to underscore the dramatic irony of Samson’s ignorance regarding the divine departure.

Root and etymology

ṣ-r🔊 צ־רtsade–resh

“to depart, turn aside”

• 🔊 מְסוֹרָהmesorahremovalLeviticus 12:4