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- proper noun biblical Father of
Samson .
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Teaching of the shame attached to barrenness, the midrash relates that the Judge Ibzan had sixty children, and held one hundred and twenty feasts when they married, but he did not invite Manoah and his wife to a single one of these celebrations.
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Although they both call the emissary a “man of God” (a term for a prophet) until he reveals his divine identity (v. 20), she senses at once something otherworldly about him (v. 6) and does not, as Manoah later does, ask about his ineffable name.
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This identification is meant to resolve a certain textual problem: Jud. 13: 2 states that Manoah was from Zorah, from a Danite family.
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That is, the only child of Manoah and his wife brought greater benefit than the sixty sons and daughters of Ibzan (BT Bava Batra 91a).
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The midrash claims that their lack of children (“His wife was barren and had borne no children” - Jud. 13: 2) resulted in a quarrel between Manoah and his wife.
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The Rabbis assert that Manoah was an ignoramus, who did not even learn Scripture (BT Berakhot 61a), while his spouse was a righteous woman.
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The midrash has Manoah saying: Until now I heard from my wife, but women are not qualified to teach, and I do not rely on what they say.
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The angel, however, did not concur with the attitude expressed by Manoah.
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Manoah, however, did not want to rely upon his wife, and wished to speak with the angel himself.
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There is also, however, a contrary tradition, that maintains that in order to bring peace between Manoah and his wife the angel engaged in a fabrication, for Manoah was sterile, and not his wife (Masekhet Derekh Erez, “Gadol ha-Shalom [Great Is Peace]” 7).
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