And why not? Samson was more than just a simple farmer, he ended up
judging Israel for 20 years. That indicates superior intelligence.
Samson was not a "deep" person, but he certainly like his word play.Where is your evidence that he was not a "deep" person?
"Rachel" means "ewe", a female sheep, not "calf". No, it is not a
common term for woman (in 2 Samuel 3:5 it is a personal name).
Please give examples, I know of no such uses.
against"(see Joshus 2:1, Isaiah 3:3, Judges 16:2) and "to make a plan
as in XWR$Y R( and XWR$Y )BN.
Whereas he made a play on his words, are you implying that he used
words in other than their usual meaning, i.e. contrary to how others
used them?
You don't seem to recognize how high priced a bet he made. The reason
his guests went after Samson's wife was because they would have found
it difficult to pay him.
No. Even to bring it up is the etymological error.
Maybe, but I have not found it. Furthermore, we don't need it to
understand this passage.
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