כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר

Alphabet Analysis

The word

1. word🔊 כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר

   ka-a-SHER

   as or when
2. phraseyour reading level🔊 כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יִנָּתֵ֤ק פְּתִֽיל־הַנְּעֹ֙רֶת֙

   ka-a-SHER yin-na-TEK pe-TIL-ha-ne-o-RET

   as or when it is torn off or snapped a thread of the flax
3. clause🔊 וַיְנַתֵּק֙ אֶת־הַיְתָרִ֔ים כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יִנָּתֵ֤ק פְּתִֽיל־הַנְּעֹ֙רֶת֙ בַּהֲרִיח֣וֹ אֵ֔שׁ וְלֹ֥א נוֹדַ֖ע כֹּחֽוֹ׃

   va-ye-na-TEK et-ha-ye-ta-RIM ka-a-SHER yin-na-TEK pe-TIL-ha-ne-o-RET ba-ha-ri-KHO ESH ve-LO no-DA ko-KHO

   and he tore off or snapped the bowstrings as or when it is torn off or snapped a thread of the flax when it smells it or by its smelling fire and not was known his strength
4. sentence🔊 וְהָאֹרֵ֗ב יֹשֵׁ֥ב לָהּ֙ בַּחֶ֔דֶר וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו פְּלִשְׁתִּ֥ים עָלֶ֖יךָ שִׁמְשׁ֑וֹן וַיְנַתֵּק֙ אֶת־הַיְתָרִ֔ים כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יִנָּתֵ֤ק פְּתִֽיל־הַנְּעֹ֙רֶת֙ בַּהֲרִיח֣וֹ אֵ֔שׁ וְלֹ֥א נוֹדַ֖ע כֹּחֽוֹ׃

   ve-ha-o-REV yo-SHEV LAH ba-KHE-der va-to-MER e-LAV pe-lish-TIM a-LE-kha shim-SHON va-ye-na-TEK et-ha-ye-ta-RIM ka-a-SHER yin-na-TEK pe-TIL-ha-ne-o-RET ba-ha-ri-KHO ESH ve-LO no-DA ko-KHO

   and the one lying in ambush was sitting for her or to her in the chamber and she said to him Philistines upon you Samson and he tore off or snapped the bowstrings as or when it is torn off or snapped a thread of the flax when it smells it or by its smelling fire and not was known his strength

Exegesis

A comparative clause ka’asher yinnateq {כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יִנָּתֵ֤ק | ka-ʾa-šer yin-nā-teq} ‘as it snaps’ introduces a vivid simile with petil-hane’oret {פְּתִיל־הַנְּעֹ֙רֶת֙ | pə-ṯîl-han-nə-ʿô-ret} ‘thread of tow’ and the Hifil infinitive bahariho {בַּהֲרִיח֣וֹ | ba-ha-rî-ḥô} ‘when it touches’ plus esh {אֵ֔שׁ | ʾēš} ‘fire’.

Root and etymology

“ruler, commander”

• 🔊 שָׂרִיםsarimprincesGenesis 12:15