Judges 16:16
NASB Lexicon
NASB ©HebrewStrong'sOrigin
It cameוַ֠יְהִי
(vay·hi)
1961: to fall out, come to pass, become, bea prim. root
about whenכִּֽי־
(ki-)
3588: that, for, whena prim. conjunction
she pressedהֵצִ֨יקָה
(he·tzi·kah)
6693: to constrain, bring into straits, press upona prim. root
him dailyהַיָּמִ֖ים
(hai·ya·mim)
3117: daya prim. root
with her wordsבִדְבָרֶ֛יהָ
(vid·va·rei·ha)
1697: speech, wordfrom dabar
and urgedוַתְּאַֽלֲצֵ֑הוּ
(vat·te·'a·la·tze·hu;)
509: to urgea prim. root
him, that his soulנַפְשֹׁ֖ו
(naf·shov)
5315: a soul, living being, life, self, person, desire, passion, appetite, emotion from an unused word
was annoyedוַתִּקְצַ֥ר
(vat·tik·tzar)
7114a: to be shorta prim. root
to death.לָמֽוּת׃
(la·mut.)
4191: to diea prim. root


















KJV Lexicon
And it came to pass when she pressed
tsuwq  (tsook)
to compress, i.e. (figuratively) oppress, distress -- constrain, distress, lie sore, (op-)press(-or), straiten.
him daily
yowm  (yome)
a day (as the warm hours),
with her words
dabar  (daw-baw')
a word; by implication, a matter (as spoken of) or thing; adverbially, a cause
and urged
'alats  (aw-lats')
to press -- urge.
him so that his soul
nephesh  (neh'-fesh)
a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
was vexed
qatsar  (kaw-tsar')
to dock off, i.e. curtail (transitive or intransitive, literal or figurative); especially to harvest (grass or grain)
unto death
muwth  (mooth)
causatively, to kill
Parallel Verses
New American Standard Bible
It came about when she pressed him daily with her words and urged him, that his soul was annoyed to death.

King James Bible
And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;

Holman Christian Standard Bible
Because she nagged him day after day and pleaded with him until she wore him out,

International Standard Version
She nagged him every day with this speech, pestering him until he was annoyed nearly to death.

NET Bible
She nagged him every day and pressured him until he was sick to death of it.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Every day she made his life miserable with her questions. She pestered him until he wished he were dead.

King James 2000 Bible
And it came to pass, when she pressed him daily with her words, and urged him, so that his soul was vexed unto death;
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