Judges 11:37

11:37 She then said to her father, “Please grant me this one wish. ¹  For two months allow me to walk through the hills with my friends and mourn my virginity.” ² 

Judges 16:17

16:17 Finally he told her his secret. ³  He said to her, “My hair has never been cut, ⁴  for I have been dedicated to God ⁵  from the time I was conceived. ⁶  If my head ⁷  were shaved, my strength would leave me; I would become weak, and be just like all other men.”

[11:37]  ¹ tn Heb “Let this thing be done for me.”

[11:37]  ² tn Heb “Leave me alone for two months so I can go and go down on the hills and weep over my virginity – I and my friends.”

[16:17]  ³ tn Heb “all his heart.”

[16:17]  ⁴ tn Heb “a razor has not come upon my head.”

[16:17]  ⁵ tn Or “set apart to God.” Traditionally the Hebrew term נָזִיר (nazir) has been translated “Nazirite.” The word is derived from the verb נָזַר (nazar, “to dedicate; to consecrate; to set apart”).

[16:17]  ⁶ tn Heb “from the womb of my mother.”

[16:17]  ⁷ tn Heb “I.” The referent has been made more specific in the translation (“my head”).