The Spirit of Yahweh came mightily on him, and he went down to Ashkelon, and struck thirty men of them, and took their spoil, and gave the changes [of clothing] to those who declared the riddle. His anger was kindled, and he went up to his father's house.
"In calling her a ’heifer’ he was ridiculing her for her untamed and stubborn spirit (cf. Jeremiah 50:11; Hosea 4:16)." [Note: Lindsey, p. 405.] 