brake. snapped.
as. according as.
tow. Old English. Coarse flax or hemp for spinning or twining. Occurs only here and Isaiah 1:31. Very inflammable.
toucheth. smelleth (before it toucheth).
Related Commentaries of Judges 16:9
Judges 16:9
9 Now there were men lying in wait, abiding with her in the chamber. And she said unto him, The Philistines be upon thee, Samson. And he brake the withs, as a thread of tow is broken when it touchethf the fire. So his strength was not known.