| 17. Source Text: Hebrew (WLC) Judges 14:17:1 ⧉וַתֵּ֤בְךְּvatevkand she wept Judges 14:17:2 ⧉עָלָיו֙alavover him Judges 14:17:3 ⧉שִׁבְעַ֣תshivatseven of Judges 14:17:4 ⧉הַיָּמִ֔יםhayamimthe days Judges 14:17:5 ⧉אֲשֶׁר־הָיָ֥הasherhayawhich was Judges 14:17:6 ⧉לָהֶ֖םlahemto them or for them Judges 14:17:7 ⧉הַמִּשְׁתֶּ֑הhamishtethe feast Judges 14:17:8 ⧉וַיְהִ֣יvayehiand it was Judges 14:17:9 ⧉בַּיּ֣וֹםbayomon the day Judges 14:17:10 ⧉הַשְּׁבִיעִ֗יhasheviithe seventh Judges 14:17:11 ⧉וַיַּגֶּד־לָהּ֙vayaggedlaand he told her Judges 14:17:12 ⧉כִּ֣יkibecause or that Judges 14:17:13 ⧉הֱצִיקַ֔תְהוּhetsikathehushe pressed him hard Judges 14:17:14 ⧉וַתַּגֵּ֥דvataggedand she told Judges 14:17:15 ⧉הַחִידָ֖הhakhidathe riddle Judges 14:17:16 ⧉לִבְנֵ֥יlivneto the sons of Judges 14:17:17 ⧉עַמָּֽהּ׃amaher people |
| 17. Formal Translation And she wept upon him for the seven days of the feast, and on the seventh day he told her, because she pressed him, and she told the riddle to the sons of her people. |
| 17. Dynamic Translation She cried to him for the seven days of the feast, and on the seventh day she kept pressing him until he finally revealed the riddle, which she then shared with the sons of her people. |