Judges 16:15
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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.

how canst

Judges 14:16 So she wept before Samson and complained, saying: Thou hatest me, and dost not love me: therefore thou wilt not expound to me the riddle, which thou hast proposed to the sons of my people. But he answered: I would not tell it to my father and mother: and how can I tell it to thee?

Proverbs 2:16 And forsaketh the guide of her youth,

Proverbs 5:3-14 But her end is bitter as wormwood, and sharp as a two-edged sword. . . .

when thine

Genesis 29:20 So Jacob served seven years for Rachel: and they seemed but a few days, because of the greatness of his love.

Deuteronomy 6:5 Thou shalt love the Lord thy God with thy whole heart, and with thy whole soul, and with thy whole strength.

1 Samuel 15:13,14 And when Samuel was come to Saul, Saul said to him: Blessed be thou of the Lord, I have fulfilled the word of the Lord. . . .

2 Samuel 16:17 And Absalom said to him, Is this thy kindness to thy friend? Why wentest thou not with thy friend?

Proverbs 23:26 My son, give me thy heart: and let thy eyes keep my ways.

Songs 8:6,7 Put me as a seal upon thy heart, as a seal upon thy arm, for love is strong as death, jealousy as hard as hell, the lamps thereof are fire and flames. . . .

John 14:15 If you love me, keep my commandments.

John 14:21-24 He that hath my commandments and keepeth them; he it is that loveth me. And he that loveth me shall be loved of my Father: and I will love him and will manifest myself to him. . . .

John 15:10 If you keep my commandments, you shall abide in my love: as I also have kept my Father's commandments and do abide in his love.

2 Corinthians 5:14,15 For the charity of Christ presseth us: judging this, that if one died for all, then all were dead. . . .

1 John 2:15,16 Love not the world, nor the things which are in the world. If any man love the world, the charity of the Father is not in him. . . .

1 John 5:3 For this is the charity of God: That we keep his commandments. And his commandments are not heavy.

Context
Delilah Discovers the Secret
15And 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.16And when she pressed him much, and continually hung upon him for many days, giving him no time to rest, his soul fainted away, and was wearied even unto death.…
Cross References
Judges 14:16
So she wept before Samson and complained, saying: Thou hatest me, and dost not love me: therefore thou wilt not expound to me the riddle, which thou hast proposed to the sons of my people. But he answered: I would not tell it to my father and mother: and how can I tell it to thee?

Judges 16:14
And when Dalila had done this, she said to him: The Philistines are upon thee, Samson. And awaking out of his sleep, he drew out the nail with the hairs and the lace.

Judges 16:16
And when she pressed him much, and continually hung upon him for many days, giving him no time to rest, his soul fainted away, and was wearied even unto death.

Lexicon
“How
אֵ֚יךְ (’êḵ)
Interjection
Strong's Hebrew 349: How?, how!, where

can you say,
וַתֹּ֣אמֶר (wat·tō·mer)
Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

‘I love you,’”
אֲהַבְתִּ֔יךְ (’ă·haḇ·tîḵ)
Verb - Qal - Perfect - first person common singular | second person feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 157: To have affection f

she told him,
תֹּאמַ֣ר (tō·mar)
Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 559: To utter, say

“when your heart
וְלִבְּךָ֖ (wə·lib·bə·ḵā)
Conjunctive waw | Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3820: The heart, the feelings, the will, the intellect, centre

is not
אֵ֣ין (’ên)
Adverb
Strong's Hebrew 369: A non-entity, a negative particle

with me?
אִתִּ֑י (’it·tî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew 854: Nearness, near, with, by, at, among

This
זֶ֣ה (zeh)
Pronoun - masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2088: This, that

is the third
שָׁלֹ֤שׁ (šā·lōš)
Number - feminine singular
Strong's Hebrew 7969: Three, third, thrice

time
פְּעָמִים֙ (pə·‘ā·mîm)
Noun - feminine plural
Strong's Hebrew 6471: A beat, foot, anvil, occurrence

you have mocked
הֵתַ֣לְתָּ (hê·ṯal·tā)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 2048: To deride, to cheat

me and failed
וְלֹא־ (wə·lō-)
Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle
Strong's Hebrew 3808: Not, no

to reveal
הִגַּ֣דְתָּ (hig·gaḏ·tā)
Verb - Hifil - Perfect - second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 5046: To be conspicuous

to me
לִּ֔י (lî)
Preposition | first person common singular
Strong's Hebrew

the source
בַּמֶּ֖ה (bam·meh)
Preposition-b | Interrogative
Strong's Hebrew 4100: What?, what!, indefinitely what

of your great strength!”
כֹּחֲךָ֥ (kō·ḥă·ḵā)
Noun - masculine singular construct | second person masculine singular
Strong's Hebrew 3581: A small reptile (of unknown species)


Additional Translations
“How can you say, ‘I love you,’” she told him, “when your heart is not with me? This is the third time you have mocked me and failed to reveal to me the source of your great strength!”And she said to him, How can you say, I love you, when your heart is not with me? you have mocked me these three times, and have not told me wherein your great strength lies.

And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.

And Dalida said to Sampson, How sayest thou, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? this third time thou hast deceived me, and hast not told me wherein is thy great strength.

Then she said to him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? these three times hast thou mocked me, and hast not told me in what is thy great strength.

And she said unto him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thine heart is not with me? thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me wherein thy great strength lieth.

And she said to him, How canst thou say, I love thee, when thy heart is not with me? Thou hast mocked me these three times, and hast not told me in what thy great strength lieth.

She said to him, "How can you say, 'I love you,' when your heart is not with me? You have mocked me these three times, and have not told me where your great strength lies."

And she saith unto him, 'How dost thou say, I have loved thee, and thy heart is not with me? these three times thou hast played upon me, and hast not declared to me wherein thy great power is.'
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