Study it in the app“She wept over him the seven days that they had the feast; and it happened on the seventh day that he explained it to her, because she pressed him hard; and she explained the riddle to the sons of her people.”
She weptוַתֵּבְךְּover himעָלָיוthe sevenשִׁבְעַת הַdaysיָּמִיםthatאֲשֶׁרthey hadהָיָה לָהֶםthe feast;הַמִּשְׁתֶּהand it happenedוַיְהִיon the seventhבַּ הַשְּׁבִיעִיdayיּוֹםthat he explained itוַיַּגֶּדto her,לָהּbecauseכִּיshe pressed him hard;הֱצִיקַתְהוּand she explainedוַתַּגֵּדthe riddleהַחִידָהto the sonsלִבְנֵיof her people.עַמָּהּ
weep
Weep, cry; mourn for someone.
Where else “tevk” appearsseven
Seven, the number of fullness; also "seven times".
Where else “shivat” appearsday
The day, the hours of light, or a whole day.
Where else “yamim” appearsexist
To exist: "let there be light".
Where else “haya” appearsfeast
A party with food and drink.
Where else “mishte” appearsseventh
Seventh.
Where else “shevii” appearsexplain
To make known the meaning of a dream.
Where else “yaged” appearsdistress, press hard
Press hard, distress, put in straits.
Where else “hetsikat” appearsriddle
Riddle: an obscure saying that must be worked out; a puzzle.
Where else “chida” appearsdescendant
A descendant or member of a people: "sons of Israel".
Where else “vene” appearskin
Relatives: "gathered to his people" at death.
Where else “ama” appears16So the wife of Samson wept over him and said, “You only hate me; you do not love me. The riddle you have proposed to the sons of my people, but to me you have not explained it.” And he said to her, “Look, to my father and to my mother I have not explained it, and to you should I explain it?”
17 · This verse (above)
18And the men of the city said to him on the seventh day before the sun went down, “What is sweeter than honey, and what is stronger than a lion?” And he said to them, “If you had not plowed with my heifer, you would not have found out my riddle.”
