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Chapter 13
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1B'nei Yisrael again did what was offensive to Hashem, and Hashem delivered them into the hands of the Philistines for forty years.
va-yo-SEE-fu b'-NAY yis-ra-AYL la-a-SOT ha-RA b'-ay-NAY a-do-NAI va-yi-t'-NAYM a-do-NAI b'-yad p'-lish-TEEM ar-ba-EEM sha-NAH
אוַיֹּסִ֙יפוּ֙ בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לַעֲשׂ֥וֹת הָרַ֖ע בְּעֵינֵ֣י יְהֹוָ֑ה וַיִּתְּנֵ֧ם יְהֹוָ֛ה בְּיַד־פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים אַרְבָּעִ֥ים שָׁנָֽה׃
2There was a certain man from Tzora, of the stock of Dan, whose name was Manoach. His wife was barren and had borne no children.
vai-HEE EESH e-KAHD mi-tzor-AH mi-mish-PA-khat ha-da-NEE ush-MO ma-NO-akh v'-ish-TO a-ka-RAH v'-LO ya-LA-dah
בוַיְהִי֩ אִ֨ישׁ אֶחָ֧ד מִצׇּרְעָ֛ה מִמִּשְׁפַּ֥חַת הַדָּנִ֖י וּשְׁמ֣וֹ מָנ֑וֹחַ וְאִשְׁתּ֥וֹ עֲקָרָ֖ה וְלֹ֥א יָלָֽדָה׃
3An angel of Hashem appeared to the woman and said to her, “You are barren and have borne no children; but you shall conceive and bear a son.
va-yay-RA mal-akh a-do-NAI el ha-i-SHAH va-YO-mer ay-LE-ha hi-nay NA at a-ka-RAH v'-LO ya-LADT v'-ha-REET v'-ya-LADT BAYN
גוַיֵּרָ֥א מַלְאַךְ־יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶל־הָאִשָּׁ֑ה וַיֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלֶ֗יהָ הִנֵּה־נָ֤א אַתְּ־עֲקָרָה֙ וְלֹ֣א יָלַ֔דְתְּ וְהָרִ֖ית וְיָלַ֥דְתְּ בֵּֽן׃
4Now be careful not to drink wine or other intoxicant, or to eat anything unclean.
v'-a-TAH hi-SHA-m'-ree NA v'-al tish-TEE YA-yin v'-shay-KHAR v'-al to-kh'-LEE kol ta-MAY
דוְעַתָּה֙ הִשָּׁ֣מְרִי נָ֔א וְאַל־תִּשְׁתִּ֖י יַ֣יִן וְשֵׁכָ֑ר וְאַל־תֹּאכְלִ֖י כׇּל־טָמֵֽא׃
5For you are going to conceive and bear a son; let no razor touch his head, for the boy is to be a nazirite to Hashem from the womb on. He shall be the first to deliver Yisrael from the Philistines.”
KEE hi-NAKH ha-RAH v'-yo-LAD-t' BAYN u-mo-RAH lo ya-a-LEH al ro-SHO kee n'-ZEER e-lo-HEEM yih-YEH ha-NA-ar min ha-BA-ten v'-HU ya-KHAYL l'-ho-SHEE-a et yis-ra-AYL mi-YAD p'-lish-TEEM
הכִּי֩ הִנָּ֨ךְ הָרָ֜ה וְיֹלַ֣דְתְּ בֵּ֗ן וּמוֹרָה֙ לֹא־יַעֲלֶ֣ה עַל־רֹאשׁ֔וֹ כִּֽי־נְזִ֧יר אֱלֹהִ֛ים יִֽהְיֶ֥ה הַנַּ֖עַר מִן־הַבָּ֑טֶן וְה֗וּא יָחֵ֛ל לְהוֹשִׁ֥יעַ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל מִיַּ֥ד פְּלִשְׁתִּֽים׃
13:5 For the boy is to be a nazirite to Hashem from the womb on
Rabbi David Cohen, Nazir of Jerusalem (1887-1972)
The promised child, who will be the strong and fearless judge Shimshon, is to be a nazirite from birth. This is an unusual situation; most nazirites choose this status temporarily, for a limited period. Though typically people do not take such vows nowadays, a famous exception was Rabbi David Cohen (1887-1972). Known as “The Nazir,” ‘nazirite,’ he was a close student of Rabbi Abraham Isaac Kook, and was a nazirite for most of his life. Following his move to Eretz Yisrael, Rabbi Cohen also refused to leave Jerusalem. Along with Rabbi Tzvi Yehuda Kook, he was brought by his students serving in the Israeli Army to the Western Wall shortly after its liberation during the Six Day War. When secular Israeli soldiers saw Rabbis Cohen and Kook at the Kotel in the midst of the war, they gasped and pointed, assuming the two saintly rabbis were none other than the Mashiach and the Prophet Eliyahu. The Nazir of Yerushalayim was a reminder of the holiness that special people can achieve, even today.
6The woman went and told her husband, “A man of Hashem came to me; he looked like an angel of Hashem, very frightening. I did not ask him where he was from, nor did he tell me his name.
va-ta-VO ha-i-SHAH va-TO-mer l'-i-SHAH lay-MOR EESH ha-e-lo-HEEM BA ay-LAI u-mar-AY-hu k'-mar-AY mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HEEM no-RA m'-OD v'-LO sh'-il-TEE-hu ay mi-ZEH HU v'-et sh'-MO lo hi-GEED LEE
ווַתָּבֹ֣א הָאִשָּׁ֗ה וַתֹּ֣אמֶר לְאִישָׁהּ֮ לֵאמֹר֒ אִ֤ישׁ הָֽאֱלֹהִים֙ בָּ֣א אֵלַ֔י וּמַרְאֵ֕הוּ כְּמַרְאֵ֛ה מַלְאַ֥ךְ הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים נוֹרָ֣א מְאֹ֑ד וְלֹ֤א שְׁאִלְתִּ֙יהוּ֙ אֵֽי־מִזֶּ֣ה ה֔וּא וְאֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ לֹא־הִגִּ֥יד לִֽי׃
7He said to me, ‘You are going to conceive and bear a son. Drink no wine or other intoxicant, and eat nothing unclean, for the boy is to be a nazirite to Hashem from the womb to the day of his death!'”
va-YO-mer LEE hi-NAKH ha-RAH v'-ya-LADT BAYN v'-a-TAH al tish-TEE YA-yin v'-shay-KHAR v'-al to-kh'-LEE kol tum-AH kee n'-ZEER e-lo-HEEM yih-YEH ha-NA-ar min ha-BE-ten ad YOM mo-TO
זוַיֹּ֣אמֶר לִ֔י הִנָּ֥ךְ הָרָ֖ה וְיֹלַ֣דְתְּ בֵּ֑ן וְעַתָּ֞ה אַל־תִּשְׁתִּ֣י ׀ יַ֣יִן וְשֵׁכָ֗ר וְאַל־תֹּֽאכְלִי֙ כׇּל־טֻמְאָ֔ה כִּֽי־נְזִ֤יר אֱלֹהִים֙ יִֽהְיֶ֣ה הַנַּ֔עַר מִן־הַבֶּ֖טֶן עַד־י֥וֹם מוֹתֽוֹ׃
8Manoach pleaded with Hashem. “Oh, my Lord!” he said, “please let the man of Hashem that You sent come to us again, and let him instruct us how to act with the child that is to be born.”
va-ye-TAR ma-NO-akh el a-do-NAI va-YO-mer BEE a-do-NEE EESH ha-e-lo-HEEM a-SHER sha-LAKH-ta ya-vo NA OD ay-LAY-nu v'-yo-RAY-nu mah na-a-SEH la-NA-ar ha-yu-LAD
חוַיֶּעְתַּ֥ר מָנ֛וֹחַ אֶל־יְהֹוָ֖ה וַיֹּאמַ֑ר בִּ֣י אֲדוֹנָ֔י אִ֣ישׁ הָאֱלֹהִ֞ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁלַ֗חְתָּ יָבוֹא־נָ֥א עוֹד֙ אֵלֵ֔ינוּ וְיוֹרֵ֕נוּ מַֽה־נַּעֲשֶׂ֖ה לַנַּ֥עַר הַיּוּלָּֽד׃
9Hashem heeded Manoach's plea, and the angel of Hashem came to the woman again. She was sitting in the field and her husband Manoach was not with her.
va-yish-MA ha-e-lo-HEEM b'-KOL ma-NO-akh va-ya-VO mal-AKH ha-e-lo-HEEM OD el ha-i-SHAH v'-HEE yo-SHE-vet ba-sa-DEH u-ma-NO-akh ee-SHAH AYN i-MAH
טוַיִּשְׁמַ֥ע הָאֱלֹהִ֖ים בְּק֣וֹל מָנ֑וֹחַ וַיָּבֹ֣א מַלְאַךְ֩ הָאֱלֹהִ֨ים ע֜וֹד אֶל־הָאִשָּׁ֗ה וְהִיא֙ יוֹשֶׁ֣בֶת בַּשָּׂדֶ֔ה וּמָנ֥וֹחַ אִישָׁ֖הּ אֵ֥ין עִמָּֽהּ׃
10The woman ran in haste to tell her husband. She said to him, “The man who came to me before has just appeared to me.”
va-t'-ma-HAYR ha-i-SHAH va-TA-ratz va-ta-GAYD l'-ee-SHAH va-TO-mer ay-LAV hi-NAY nir-AH ay-LAI ha-EESH a-sher BA va-YOM ay-LAI
יוַתְּמַהֵר֙ הָֽאִשָּׁ֔ה וַתָּ֖רׇץ וַתַּגֵּ֣ד לְאִישָׁ֑הּ וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו הִנֵּ֨ה נִרְאָ֤ה אֵלַי֙ הָאִ֔ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־בָּ֥א בַיּ֖וֹם אֵלָֽי׃
11Manoach promptly followed his wife. He came to the man and asked him: “Are you the man who spoke to my wife?” “Yes,” he answered.
va-YA-kom va-YAY-lekh ma-NO-akh a-kha-RAY ish-TO va-ya-VO el ha-EESH va-YO-mer LO ha-a-TAH ha-EESH a-sher di-bar-TA el ha-i-SHAH va-YO-mer A-nee
יאוַיָּ֛קׇם וַיֵּ֥לֶךְ מָנ֖וֹחַ אַחֲרֵ֣י אִשְׁתּ֑וֹ וַיָּבֹא֙ אֶל־הָאִ֔ישׁ וַיֹּ֣אמֶר ל֗וֹ הַאַתָּ֥ה הָאִ֛ישׁ אֲשֶׁר־דִּבַּ֥רְתָּ אֶל־הָאִשָּׁ֖ה וַיֹּ֥אמֶר אָֽנִי׃
12Then Manoach said, “May your words soon come true! What rules shall be observed for the boy?”
va-YO-mer ma-NO-akh a-TAH ya-VO d'-va-RE-kha mah yih-YEH mish-PAT ha-NA-ar u-ma-a-SAY-hu
יבוַיֹּ֣אמֶר מָנ֔וֹחַ עַתָּ֖ה יָבֹ֣א דְבָרֶ֑יךָ מַה־יִּהְיֶ֥ה מִשְׁפַּט־הַנַּ֖עַר וּמַעֲשֵֽׂהוּ׃
13The angel of Hashem said to Manoach, “The woman must abstain from all the things against which I warned her.
va-YO-mer mal-AKH a-do-NAI el ma-NO-akh mi-KOL a-sher a-MAR-tee el ha-i-SHAH ti-sha-MAYR
יגוַיֹּ֛אמֶר מַלְאַ֥ךְ יְהֹוָ֖ה אֶל־מָנ֑וֹחַ מִכֹּ֛ל אֲשֶׁר־אָמַ֥רְתִּי אֶל־הָאִשָּׁ֖ה תִּשָּׁמֵֽר׃
14She must not eat anything that comes from the grapevine, or drink wine or other intoxicant, or eat anything unclean. She must observe all that I commanded her.”
mi-KOL a-sher yay-TZAY mi-GE-fen ha-YA-yin LO to-KHAL v'-YA-yin v'-shay-KHAR al TAYSHT v'-khol tum-AH al to-KHAL KOL a-sher tzi-vee-TEE-ha tish-MOR
ידמִכֹּ֣ל אֲשֶׁר־יֵצֵא֩ מִגֶּ֨פֶן הַיַּ֜יִן לֹ֣א תֹאכַ֗ל וְיַ֤יִן וְשֵׁכָר֙ אַל־תֵּ֔שְׁתְּ וְכׇל־טֻמְאָ֖ה אַל־תֹּאכַ֑ל כֹּ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־צִוִּיתִ֖יהָ תִּשְׁמֹֽר׃
15Manoach said to the angel of Hashem, “Let us detain you and prepare a kid for you.”
va-YO-mer ma-NO-akh el mal-AKH a-do-NAI na-tz'-rah NA o-TAKH v'-na-a-SEH l'-fa-NE-kha g'-DEE i-ZEEM
טווַיֹּ֥אמֶר מָנ֖וֹחַ אֶל־מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהֹוָ֑ה נַעְצְרָה־נָּ֣א אוֹתָ֔ךְ וְנַעֲשֶׂ֥ה לְפָנֶ֖יךָ גְּדִ֥י עִזִּֽים׃
16But the angel of Hashem said to Manoach, “If you detain me, I shall not eat your food; and if you present a burnt offering, offer it to Hashem.”—For Manoach did not know that he was an angel of Hashem.
va-YO-mer mal-AKH a-do-NAI el ma-NO-akh im tza-tz'-RAY-nee lo o-KHAL b'-lakh-ME-kha v'-im ta-a-SEH o-LAH la-do-NAI ta-a-LE-nah KEE lo ya-DA ma-NO-akh kee mal-AKH a-do-NAI HU
טזוַיֹּ֩אמֶר֩ מַלְאַ֨ךְ יְהֹוָ֜ה אֶל־מָנ֗וֹחַ אִם־תַּעְצְרֵ֙נִי֙ לֹא־אֹכַ֣ל בְּלַחְמֶ֔ךָ וְאִם־תַּעֲשֶׂ֣ה עֹלָ֔ה לַיהֹוָ֖ה תַּעֲלֶ֑נָּה כִּ֚י לֹא־יָדַ֣ע מָנ֔וֹחַ כִּֽי־מַלְאַ֥ךְ יְהֹוָ֖ה הֽוּא׃
17So Manoach said to the angel of Hashem, “What is your name? We should like to honor you when your words come true.”
va-YO-mer ma-NO-akh el mal-AKH a-do-NAI MEE sh'-ME-kha kee ya-VO d'-va-r'-KHA v'-khi-bad-NU-kha
יזוַיֹּ֧אמֶר מָנ֛וֹחַ אֶל־מַלְאַ֥ךְ יְהֹוָ֖ה מִ֣י שְׁמֶ֑ךָ כִּֽי־יָבֹ֥א (דבריך) [דְבָרְךָ֖] וְכִבַּדְנֽוּךָ׃
18The angel said to him, “You must not ask for my name; it is unknowable!”
va-YO-mer LO mal-AKH a-do-NAI LA-mah ZEH tish-AL lish-MEE v'-hu FE-lee
יחוַיֹּ֤אמֶר לוֹ֙ מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהֹוָ֔ה לָ֥מָּה זֶּ֖ה תִּשְׁאַ֣ל לִשְׁמִ֑י וְהוּא־פֶֽלִאי׃
19Manoach took the kid and the meal offering and offered them up on the rock to Hashem; and a marvelous thing happened while Manoach and his wife looked on.
va-yi-KAKH ma-NO-akh et g'-DEE ha-i-ZEEM v'-et ha-min-KHAH va-YA-al al ha-TZUR la-do-NAI u-maf-LI la-a-SOT u-ma-NO-ash v'-ish-TO ro-EEM
יטוַיִּקַּ֨ח מָנ֜וֹחַ אֶת־גְּדִ֤י הָֽעִזִּים֙ וְאֶת־הַמִּנְחָ֔ה וַיַּ֥עַל עַל־הַצּ֖וּר לַֽיהֹוָ֑ה וּמַפְלִ֣א לַעֲשׂ֔וֹת וּמָנ֥וֹחַ וְאִשְׁתּ֖וֹ רֹאִֽים׃
20As the flames leaped up from the mizbayach toward the sky, the angel of Hashem ascended in the flames of the mizbayach, while Manoach and his wife looked on; and they flung themselves on their faces to the ground.
vai-HEE va-a-LOT ha-LA-hav may-AL ha-miz-BAY-akh ha-sha-MAI-mah va-YA-al mal-AKH a-do-NAI b'-LA-hav ha-miz-BAY-akh u-ma-NO-akh v'-ish-TO ro-EEM va-yi-p'-LU al p'-nay-HEM AR-tzah
כוַיְהִי֩ בַעֲל֨וֹת הַלַּ֜הַב מֵעַ֤ל הַמִּזְבֵּ֙חַ֙ הַשָּׁמַ֔יְמָה וַיַּ֥עַל מַלְאַךְ־יְהֹוָ֖ה בְּלַ֣הַב הַמִּזְבֵּ֑חַ וּמָנ֤וֹחַ וְאִשְׁתּוֹ֙ רֹאִ֔ים וַיִּפְּל֥וּ עַל־פְּנֵיהֶ֖ם אָֽרְצָה׃
21The angel of Hashem never appeared again to Manoach and his wife.—Manoach then realized that it had been an angel of Hashem.
v'-lo YA-saf OD mal-AKH a-do-NAI l'-hay-ra-OT el ma-NO-akh v'-el ish-TO AZ ya-DA ma-NO-akh kee mal-AKH a-do-NAI HU
כאוְלֹא־יָ֤סַף עוֹד֙ מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהֹוָ֔ה לְהֵרָאֹ֖ה אֶל־מָנ֣וֹחַ וְאֶל־אִשְׁתּ֑וֹ אָ֚ז יָדַ֣ע מָנ֔וֹחַ כִּֽי־מַלְאַ֥ךְ יְהֹוָ֖ה הֽוּא׃
22And Manoach said to his wife, “We shall surely die, for we have seen a divine being.”
va-YO-mer ma-NO-akh el ish-TO MOT na-MUT KEE e-lo-HEEM ra-EE-nu
כבוַיֹּ֧אמֶר מָנ֛וֹחַ אֶל־אִשְׁתּ֖וֹ מ֣וֹת נָמ֑וּת כִּ֥י אֱלֹהִ֖ים רָאִֽינוּ׃
23But his wife said to him, “Had Hashem meant to take our lives, He would not have accepted a burnt offering and meal offering from us, nor let us see all these things; and He would not have made such an announcement to us.”
va-TO-mer LO ish-TO LU kha-FAYTZ a-do-NAI la-ha-mee-TAY-nu lo la-KAKH mi-ya-DAY-nu o-LAH u-min-KHAH v'-LO her-A-nu et kol AY-leh v'-kha-AYT LO hish-mee-A-nu ka-ZOT
כגוַתֹּ֧אמֶר ל֣וֹ אִשְׁתּ֗וֹ לוּ֩ חָפֵ֨ץ יְהֹוָ֤ה לַהֲמִיתֵ֙נוּ֙ לֹֽא־לָקַ֤ח מִיָּדֵ֙נוּ֙ עֹלָ֣ה וּמִנְחָ֔ה וְלֹ֥א הֶרְאָ֖נוּ אֶת־כׇּל־אֵ֑לֶּה וְכָעֵ֕ת לֹ֥א הִשְׁמִיעָ֖נוּ כָּזֹֽאת׃
24The woman bore a son, and she named him Shimshon. The boy grew up, and Hashem blessed him.
va-TAY-led ha-i-SHAH BAYN va-tik-RA et sh'-MO shim-SHON va-yig-DAL ha-NA-ar vai-va-r'-KHAY-hu a-do-NAI
כדוַתֵּ֤לֶד הָֽאִשָּׁה֙ בֵּ֔ן וַתִּקְרָ֥א אֶת־שְׁמ֖וֹ שִׁמְשׁ֑וֹן וַיִּגְדַּ֣ל הַנַּ֔עַר וַֽיְבָרְכֵ֖הוּ יְהֹוָֽה׃
25The spirit of Hashem first moved him in the encampment of Dan, between Tzora and Eshtaol.
va-TA-khel RU-akh a-do-NAI l'-fa-a-MO b'-ma-kha-nay DAN BAYN tzor-AH u-VAYN esh-ta-OL
כהוַתָּ֙חֶל֙ ר֣וּחַ יְהֹוָ֔ה לְפַעֲמ֖וֹ בְּמַחֲנֵה־דָ֑ן בֵּ֥ין צׇרְעָ֖ה וּבֵ֥ין אֶשְׁתָּאֹֽל׃
