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Judges 16:15Meaning & Commentary from the Church Fathers

And Dalila said to him: How dost thou say thou lovest me, when thy mind is not with me? Thou hast told me lies these three times, and wouldst not tell me wherein thy greatest strength lieth.

Douay-Rheims

וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֗יו אֵ֚יךְ תֹּאמַ֣ר אֲהַבְתִּ֔יךְ וְלִבְּךָ֖ אֵ֣ין אִתִּ֑י זֶ֣ה שָׁלֹ֤שׁ פְּעָמִים֙ הֵתַ֣לְתָּ בִּ֔י וְלֹא־הִגַּ֣דְתָּ לִּ֔י בַּמֶּ֖ה כֹּחֲךָ֥ גָדֽוֹל׃

Hebrew (Masoretic text)

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Ambrose of Milan

4th centuryChurch Father

The bold woman continuously reproaches Samson for his treachery, lamenting her own unworthiness to be entrusted with his secret. Desperate for assistance from her beloved, she suspects him of disloyalty without cause. Ultimately, through her tears, she earns his trust.

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