Judg 15:16 | TNotes | STEP | 15:16 Like other warrior-heroes (e.g., Moses, Deborah, and David), Samson celebrated his victory in poetry, a short couplet that combines colorful speech with wordplay. “Lehi” (15:9 ) and jawbone are the same Hebrew word ( lekhi ), as are heaps and donkey (Hebrew khamor ). • piled them in heaps! Or made donkeys of them.

‏ Judges 15:16

15:16 ^a Like other warrior-heroes (e.g., Moses, Deborah, and David), Samson celebrated his victory in poetry, a short couplet that combines colorful speech with wordplay. “Lehi” (15:9 ^b) and jawbone are the same Hebrew word (lekhi), as are heaps and donkey (Hebrew khamor).

• piled them in heaps! Or made donkeys of them.