16:9a While the men were hidden in her room, she called out,

Some men were hiding in an inner room and Delilah called to Samson,
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She arranged for men to hide in the bedroom ready to attack him and shouted,

16:9b “Samson, the Philistines are here!”

“Samson, the Philistia men are going to capture you.”
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“Samson, people of Philistia are here to get you.”

16:9c But he snapped the bowstrings like a strand of yarn seared by a flame.

But Samson easily tore the bowstrings apart like a piece of string breaks when it comes close to a flame.
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But he ⌊woke up⌋ and broke the strings like a thread breaks when a flame touches it.

16:9d So the source of his strength remained unknown.

So she did not find out where his strength came from.
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So he did not reveal the secret about why he was so strong.

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