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"The Samson's Eve"
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IT IS A PUZZLE THAT APPEARS IN THE BIBLE AS PART OF SAMSON’S STORY. IT IS A SHARP PUZZLE DURING HIS WEDDING TO THIRTY WHOSE DARK TEETH, THIS IS THE TONGUE. THE RIDDLE IS BASED ON A PRIVATE EXPERIENCE OF SAMSON, WHO KILLED A LION AND LATER FOUND A BEES AND HONEY. THEREFORE, THE SOLUTION OF THE PUZZLE IS: THE LION IS THE INTENSE FOOD, AND THE HONEY IS THE SWEET FOOD. THE PHILISTINES, WHO WERE UNABLE TO GUESS THE SOLUTION OF THE PUZZLE, PUSHED HIS WIFE TO CONVINCE HIM TO FIND THE PUZZLE, BY THREATS OF DEATH ON HER AND HER FATHER’S HOUSE. SHE SUCCEEDED IN EXTRACTING FROM HIM THE SOLUTION OF THE PUZZLE AND DISCOVERING TO THE PHILISTINES, AND THE ACT CAUSED AN ONGOING AND VIOLENT CONFLICT BETWEEN SAMSON AND THE PHILISTINES.
MANY BIBLE SCHOLARS HAVE DEALT WITH A CYCLE OF STORIES THAT REFLECT ON ITS VARIOUS COMPONENTS, INCLUDING A SHAMAN PUZZLE. SOME RESEARCHERS HAVE TRIED TO RECONSTRUCT THE ORIGINAL BACKGROUND AND MEANING OF THE PUZZLE AND OTHER COMPONENTS OF THE STORY IN WHICH IT APPEARS, ASSUMING THAT THE STORY OF THE PUZZLE IS A COMBINATION OF INDEPENDENT TRADITIONS; THESE RESEARCHERS HAVE PROPOSED DIFFERENT SOLUTIONS TO THE PUZZLE, WHICH ARE NOT NECESSARILY RELATED TO THE SOLUTION OFFERED IN THE BIBLE TEXT. OTHER RESEARCHERS WERE INTERESTED IN GRAVITY AND STORY AS THEY WERE, AS A LITERARY WORK.
THE SECOND PART OF THE PUZZLE, "MOZE CAME OUT SWEET," WAS RECEIVED IN THE NEW HEBREW MEANING DIFFERENT FROM THE BIBLICAL CONTEXT, AS AN EXPRESSION THAT REFERS TO THE ABUSE THAT CAUSED THE BETTER.
THE BIBLICAL STORY
A HORRIFIED MAN IN THE STORY OF SAMSON’S CHILDREN WITH THE INNOCENT WOMAN. THIS STORY APPEARS IN THE CHAPTERS OF J.D.-T. IN THE BOOK OF JUDGES AND IS PART OF THE CYCLE OF SAMSON STORIES, WHICH INCLUDES THE YG-T. EPISODES. THE STORY OF THE PUZZLE IS DESCRIBED IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE STORY, IN CHAPTER III.
THE BACKGROUND OF GRAVITY: THE ACT OF LION AND HONEY
TO THE WIFE OF THE DANISH DECEASED, WE WILL DISCOVER AN ANGEL AND INFORM HER THAT SHE WILL BE A MONK WHO WILL SAVE ISRAEL IMMEDIATELY FROM PALESTINE. SHE THEN GAVE BIRTH TO SAMSON, AND WHEN HE GREW UP, “THE SPIRIT OF GOD BEGAN.” AT THIS STAGE, HE WENT DOWN TO THE CITY OF TAMA AND SAW A WOMAN THERE WHO LIKED HIM, AND HE CHOSE HER FOR HIS INTENDED BRIDE. HIS PARENTS, REST AND WIFE, URGED HIM TO TAKE AN ISRAELI WOMAN, BUT SAMSON REFUSED TO ATTACK THEM. THEY (AND PERHAPS SAMSON HIMSELF) WERE NOT AWARE THAT SAMSON’S INSISTENCE WAS PART OF A DIVINE PLAN TO PROVIDE HIM WITH A REASON TO HIT THE PHILISTINES, AS THE STORY DID. SAMSON CAME DOWN WITH HIS PARENTS TO CONVINCE THE WOMAN AND HER PARENTS TO MARRY HIM. ON THE WAY HE MET A LION (A YOUNG LION) AND DROVE HIM LIKE A SOFT TYRE. AFTER A WHILE, SHE WENT OUT TO CARRY THE WOMAN HE CHOSE. ON HIS WAY, HE PASSED AGAIN WHERE HE KILLED THE LION, AND SAW THAT THE BEES WERE SWAYED IN THE VILLA AND BUILT IT AS A BEE. SAMSON HAD HONEY FOR HIM AND HIS PARENTS, BUT HE DID NOT TELL THEM OR ANYONE ELSE ABOUT HIS ORIGIN.
THE WEDDING FEAST, THE PUZZLE AND ITS CONSEQUENCES.
THE WEDDING FEAST WAS HELD IN THE BRIDE’S FAMILY. THE ACT THAT TOOK PLACE IN THE SUN WAS THE SUBJECT OF AN ENIGMA THAT WAS EQUAL TO THE THREE WHOSE NEGLIGIBLE INHABITANTS OF THE PLANT: SAMSON CONCLUDED WITH THE PHILISTINES THAT IF THEY WERE TO CIRCUMVENT THE SENTENCE UNTIL THE END OF THE FEAST DAYS, HE WOULD GIVE THEM EXPENSIVE DRESS ITEMS—AND IF THEY COULD NOT SOLVE HIS ENIGMA UNTIL THE END OF THE FEAST—THEY WOULD GIVE HIM SUCH EXPENSIVE CLOTHES. THE PHILISTINES, WHO WERE UNABLE TO SOLVE THE PUZZLE, THREATENED A WOMAN WHO WOULD BURN HER AND HER FAMILY IF THEY DID NOT FIND THE SOLUTION. THE WOMAN SHONE UNTIL ON THE SEVENTH AND LAST DAY OF HER DRINK, HE ANSWERED AND DISCOVERED THE SOLUTION OF THE PUZZLE, AND SHE TRANSFERRED HIM TO HER PEOPLE. THEY WERE TOLD TO SERVE THE SOLUTION, FOR A MOMENT BEFORE THE EXPLODING OF THE TIME GIVEN TO THEM, BEFORE THE SUNSET: SAMSON, WHO UNDERSTOOD THAT THE PHILISTINES HAD FORCIBLY REMOVED THE SOLUTION OF HIS WIFE, RESPONDED WITH RAGE: YOU ONLY SOLVED THE PUZZLE BY THE HELP OF MY WIFE. TO PAY HIS DEBT, SAMSON WENT DOWN TO ASHKELON, KILLING THIRTY PALESTINIANS AND LOOTING THEIR SUITS. AFTER THIS, SAMSON LEFT HIS WIFE ANGRY AND RETURNED TO HIS FATHER’S HOUSE, AND THE WOMAN MARRIED ANOTHER MAN. IN THIS WAY, IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE DIVINE PLAN, A VIOLENT ROUND IN ME