16:8 So the rulers of the Philistines brought her seven fresh bowstrings which had not been dried and they tied him up with them.
Judges 8:20
8:20 He ordered Jether his firstborn son, “Come on! 1 Kill them!” But Jether was too afraid to draw his sword, 2 because he was still young.
Judges 16:7
16:7 Samson said to her, “If they tie me up with seven fresh 3 bowstrings 4 that have not been dried, I will become weak and be just like any other man.”
1 tn Or “Arise!”
2 tnHeb “did not draw his sword for he was afraid.”
1 tn Or “moist.”
2 tn The word refers to a bowstring, probably made from animal tendons. See Ps 11:2; Job 30:11.