וְהָאֹרֵ֗ב יֹשֵׁ֥ב לָהּ֙ בַּחֶ֔דֶר וַתֹּ֣אמֶר אֵלָ֔יו פְּלִשְׁתִּ֥ים עָלֶ֖יךָ שִׁמְשׁ֑וֹן וַיְנַתֵּק֙ אֶת־הַיְתָרִ֔ים כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יִנָּתֵ֤ק פְּתִֽיל־הַנְּעֹ֙רֶת֙ בַּהֲרִיח֣וֹ אֵ֔שׁ וְלֹ֥א נוֹדַ֖ע כֹּחֽוֹ׃
Sementara itu, orang-orang yang menghadang sudah menunggu untuknya di kamar dalam. Lalu perempuan itu berkata kepadanya: “Simson, orang Filistin datang menyerangmu!” Maka Simson memutuskan tali-tali itu seperti seutas benang rami putus bila terkena hawa api. Jadi, kekuatannya tetap tidak diketahui.
HaKtav VeHaKabalah
Pleasing fragrance. This instructs us about the proper intention we should have when bringing an offering. Instead of focusing on the fact that the offering atones for our sin, we should consider it as only a pleasing fragrance of what we intend to do in the future. This is comparable to a good scent that travels a distance and indicates that the source of the scent is something good, in the same way, an offering proclaims that we will do good deeds in the future. A burnt-offering (עולה): To grow higher (לעלות) in our spiritual level and the importance of our deeds and character traits.
Ibn Ezra
it is a neteq from “as is broken a thread of tow” [Judges 16:9] denoting the evisceration of his hair