“And Samson said unto them, Though ye have done this, yet will I be avenged of you, and after that I will cease.”
Samson's vow—"I will be avenged upon you"—escalates conflict into sacred obligation. The Hebrew yiqqom uses roots meaning both "stand" and "avenge." His declaration follows Talion principle yet applies it collectively: Philistine collective punishment for individual female sacrifice. This fusion of legal language with unlimited retaliation exemplifies how Samson warps justice into vengeance without accountability.
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