‘ And Samson said, “With the jawbone of an ass, heap upon heap. With the jawbone of an ass have I smitten a large number (an eleph).”'
Samson exulted in his victory with a war song. He was an educated man and enjoyed composing verses (Judges 14:14; Judges 14:18). ‘Heap upon heap' is literally ‘one heap, two heaps'. It is not possible in English to bring out the play on words, for ‘ass' (chamor) and ‘heap' (chamor) have the same consonants. The first line tumbles out very expressively in four consecutive words (with ch pronounced as in loch) ‘bilchi hachamor chamor chamorathayim'. It was a song that would be sung often in Judah when spirits were low.