gilgal
10-18-2011, 10:36 AM
I was looking of the Hebrew word for ass:
http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H2544&t=KJV
It is Hamor which was the name of the father of Shechem mentioned in Genesis 34 which mentioned Levi and Simeon taking their he-asses:
Genesis 34:28 - They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses חֲמוֹר, and that which [was] in the city, and that which [was] in the field,
The Gesenius' Lexicon leads to a play on the word he-ass in Judges:
Judges 15
15 - And he found [4672] a new [2961] jawbone [3895] of an ass חֲמוֹר [2543], and put forth [7971] his hand [3027], and took [3947] it, and slew [5221] a thousand [505] men [376] therewith.
16 - And Samson [8123] said [559], With the jawbone [3895] of an ass [2543] חֲמוֹר, heaps [2565] חֲמֹרָה upon heaps [2565] חֲמֹרָה, with the jaw [3895] of an ass [2543] have I slain [5221] a thousand [505] men [376].
17 - And it came to pass, when he had made an end [3615] of speaking [1696], that he cast away [7993] the jawbone [3895] out of his hand [3027], and called [7121] that place [4725] Ramathlehi [7437].
http://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?Strongs=H2544&t=KJV
It is Hamor which was the name of the father of Shechem mentioned in Genesis 34 which mentioned Levi and Simeon taking their he-asses:
Genesis 34:28 - They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses חֲמוֹר, and that which [was] in the city, and that which [was] in the field,
The Gesenius' Lexicon leads to a play on the word he-ass in Judges:
Judges 15
15 - And he found [4672] a new [2961] jawbone [3895] of an ass חֲמוֹר [2543], and put forth [7971] his hand [3027], and took [3947] it, and slew [5221] a thousand [505] men [376] therewith.
16 - And Samson [8123] said [559], With the jawbone [3895] of an ass [2543] חֲמוֹר, heaps [2565] חֲמֹרָה upon heaps [2565] חֲמֹרָה, with the jaw [3895] of an ass [2543] have I slain [5221] a thousand [505] men [376].
17 - And it came to pass, when he had made an end [3615] of speaking [1696], that he cast away [7993] the jawbone [3895] out of his hand [3027], and called [7121] that place [4725] Ramathlehi [7437].