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Manoah's wife (also referred to as Samson's mother) is an unnamed figure in the Book of Judges, the wife of Manoah. She is introduced in Judges 13:2 as a barren woman. The angel of the Lord appears to her and tells her she will have a son. She later gives birth to Samson.
In the 1949 film Samson and Delilah (starring Victor Mature and Hedy Lamarr), Manoah is played by Charles Evans in an uncredited appearance. In the 1984 film Samson and Delilah, Manoah is played by Victor Mature. In the 1996 film Samson and Delilah, Manoah, played by Paul Freeman, is shown as a poor old man.
The thirty groomsmen tell Samson's new wife that they will burn her and her father's household if she did not discover the answer to the riddle and tell it to them. [11] [16] At the urgent and tearful imploring of his bride, Samson gives her the solution, and she passes it on to the thirty groomsmen. [10] [11]
Under the name Zelelponith, she is referred to in rabbinical sources—Midrash Numbers Rabbah Naso 10 and Bava Batra 91a [3] —as being the wife of Manoah and mother of Samson, the famous judge. According to the ancient Rabbinic tradition, Hazzelelponi was married to Manoah. She also had a daughter called Nishyan or Nashyan. [4] [5]
Delilah from the Promptuarium Iconum Insigniorum. Delilah was a woman of Sorek. [2] She is the only woman in Samson's story who is named. [5] The Bible says that Samson loved her (Judges 16:4) but not that she loved him. [5]
The angel of the Lord who appeared to Samson's mother (Judges 13:6, 8) whom she may have taken to be a prophet (Leviticus Rabbah 1:1) The man who chastised the Priest Eli (1 Samuel 2:27) whom Sifre identifies as Samuel's father Elkanah (Sifre to Deuteronomy 342:4) Samuel (1 Samuel 9:6, 7, 8, 10) David (Nehemiah 12:24, 36; 2 Chronicles 8:14)
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1. speech between Samson and parents/father 2. parental objection 3. Samson's rejection of the possibility of another woman. B. Samson went down to Timnah (14:5-6) 1. action involving an animal (lion). C. And he went down and spoke to the woman (14:7-9) 1. action involving honey, a gracious act D. His father went down to the woman (14:10-20)