SEV Biblia, Chapter 15:19
Entonces quebró Dios una muela que estaba en la quijada, y salieron de allí aguas, y bebió, y recobró su espíritu, y vivió. Por tanto llamó su nombre de aquel lugar , En-hacore (fuente del que llama ), el cual está en Lehi, hasta hoy.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - Judges 15:19
Verse 19. God clave a hollow place that was in the jaw] yjlb rŤa asher ballechi, that was in Lehi; that is, there was a hollow place in this Lehi, and God caused a fountain to spring up in it. Because the place was hollow it was capable of containing the water that rose up in it, and thus of becoming a well. En-hakkore] The well of the implorer; this name he gave to the spot where the water rose, in order to perpetuate the bounty of God in affording him this miraculous supply.
Which is in Lehi unto this day.] Consequently not IN the jaw- bone of the ass, a most unfortunate rendering.
John Gill's Bible Commentary
Ver. 19. And God clave an hollow place that was in the jaw, and there came water thereout , etc.] A socket in which was fastened one of the teeth, and was in the form of a mortar; so Jarchi and Ben Melech, as the word for an hollow place signifies; one of the grinders was knocked out, and so the place where it had been was left hollow, and out of that sprung a stream or flow of water; which was very wonderful, since out of such a place rather blood, or purulent matter, would naturally have issued; the Targum is, “the Lord clave the rock which was in the jaw;” which Kimchi interprets thus, the rock was under the jaw and the rock was made as a hollow place, and therefore they call it “mactes”, a mortar: the sense seems to be this, that the place on which Samson cast the jawbone was a rock, and there God clave an hollow place, out of which water sprung, and which perhaps was under the jawbone, and sprung under it, and through it; and so Josephus says f318 , that God at his prayer brought a sweet and large fountain out of a certain rock; and the words of the text will bear to be rendered, “and God clave, an hollow place, which is in Lehi”; that is, in the place called Lehi, ( Judges 15:9,14) and not in the jawbone itself: and when he had drank, his spirit came again, and he revived ; his spirit was sunk and gone, as it were, but upon drinking a draught of this water he was refreshed and cheered, recovered his spirits, and became brisk and lively: wherefore he called the name thereof Enhakkore ; that is, “the fountain of him that was calling;” of Samson that called upon God in prayer, and was heard, in memory of which he gave it this name; so the Targum, “therefore its name was called the fountain that was given through the prayer of Samson:” which is in Lehi unto this day ; or in the jawbone: not that the jawbone continued unto the time of the writer of this book, but the name of the place where this miracle was wrought, which was in Lehi, continued to be called Enhakkore unto that time, and it may be the fountain itself continued also; nay, Giycas says, who lived but about six hundred years ago, that the fountain continued unto his time, and was to be seen in the suburbs of Eleutheropolis, and was called the fountain of the jawbone.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 18-20 - So little notice did the men of Judah take of their deliverer, that he was ready to perish for want of a draught of water. Thus are the greatest slights often put upon those who do the greatest services Samson prayed to God in this distress. Those that forget to attend God their praises, may be compelled to attend him with their prayers. Pas experiences of God's power and goodness, are excellent pleas in praye for further mercy. He pleads his being exposed to God's enemies; ou best pleas are taken from God's glory. The Lord sent him seasonabl relief. The place of this action was, from the jaw-bone, called Lehi And in the place thus called, God caused a fountain suddenly an seasonably to open, close by Samson. We should be more thankful for the mercy of water, did we consider how ill we can spare it. Israe submitted to him whom they had betrayed. God was with him; henceforwar they were directed by him as their judge __________________________________________________________________
Original Hebrew
ויבקע 1234 אלהים 430 את 853 המכתשׁ 4388 אשׁר 834 בלחי 3895 ויצאו 3318 ממנו 4480 מים 4325 וישׁת 8354 ותשׁב 7725 רוחו 7307 ויחי 2421 על 5921 כן 3651 קרא 7121 שׁמה 8034 עין הקורא 5875 אשׁר 834 בלחי 3896 עד 5704 היום 3117 הזה׃ 2088
