| 15. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Judges 14:15:1 ⧉וַיְהִ֣יvayehiand it happened Judges 14:15:2 ⧉בַּיּ֣וֹםbayomon the day Judges 14:15:3 ⧉הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗יhasheviithe seventh Judges 14:15:4 ⧉וַיֹּאמְר֤וּvayomeruand they said Judges 14:15:5 ⧉לְאֵֽשֶׁת־שִׁמְשׁוֹן֙leeshetshimshonto the wife of Samson Judges 14:15:6 ⧉פַּתִּ֣יpatientice Judges 14:15:7 ⧉אֶת־אִישֵׁ֗ךְetishekhyour husband Judges 14:15:8 ⧉וְיַגֶּד־לָ֙נוּ֙veyaggedlanuand let him tell to us Judges 14:15:9 ⧉אֶת־הַ֣חִידָ֔הethakhidathe riddle Judges 14:15:10 ⧉פֶּן־נִשְׂרֹ֥ףpennisroflest we burn Judges 14:15:11 ⧉אוֹתָ֛ךְotakhyou Judges 14:15:12 ⧉וְאֶת־בֵּ֥יתveetbetand {the} house of Judges 14:15:13 ⧉אָבִ֖יךְavikhyour father Judges 14:15:14 ⧉בָּאֵ֑שׁbaeshwith fire Judges 14:15:15 ⧉הַלְיָרְשֵׁ֕נוּhalyareshenuto dispossess us Judges 14:15:16 ⧉קְרָאתֶ֥םkeratemyou have called Judges 14:15:17 ⧉לָ֖נוּlanuto us Judges 14:15:18 ⧉הֲלֹֽא׃halois it not? |
| 15. Formal Translation And it came to pass on the seventh day that they said to Samson’s wife, “Entice your husband, and let him tell us the riddle, lest we burn you and your father’s house with fire. Is it not that you have called us here to impoverish us?” |
| 15. Dynamic Translation On the seventh day they said to Samson’s wife, “Coax your husband into explaining the riddle, or we will burn you and your father’s house with fire. Did you invite us here just to rob us?” |