HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7796
שֹׂרֵק
s.vo.req — (Valley of) Sorek
Combined with na.chal (נַ֫חַל " Valley" H5158J) § Sorek = "choice vines" a wadi in Palestine in which Delilah lived
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Sorek
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
Choice vine, the name of a valley, i.e., a torrent-bed, now the Wady Surar, “valley of the fertile spot,” which drains the western Judean hills, and flowing by Makkedah and Jabneel, falls into the sea some eight miles south of Joppa. This was the home of Deliah, whom Samson loved (Judg. 16:4).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.