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# the men of the city
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This refers to Samson's wife's relatives. This can be stated clearly. Alternate translation: "the young men" or "her relatives" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# the seventh day
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"day 7" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])
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# What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?
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This is the answer to the riddle. It may be written as a statement instead of as questions. If necessary it could be made clear how this relates to the riddle by adding more information. Alternate translation: "Honey is sweet and a lion is strong." or "Honey is sweet and it came out of a lion." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# If you had not plowed with my heifer
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Samson compares their using his wife to get the answer to someone using another person's heifer to plow his field. Alternate translation: "If you had not used my wife" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# plowed
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To plow is to use an animal to pull a blade through soil to prepare the soil for seeds.
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