withs, (yetharim lachim, margin "new bowstrings," the King James Version margin "new (moist) cords" (Jud 16:7); Septuagint neura hugra): The material with which Samson was bound by Delilah (Jud 16:8) was probably some moist "gut" such as was used for bowstrings. Compare metharim, "bowstrings" (Ps 21:12; yether,Job 30:11;Ps 11:2); lahim, translated "green," means "fresh," "sappy" or "moist."
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The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr, General Editor, 1844–1913 edition.