Judges 14:17
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And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.She wept the whole seven days of the feast, and finally on the seventh day, because she had pressed him so much, he told her the answer. And in turn she explained the riddle to her people.
In other translations
And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.She wept the whole seven days of the feast, and finally on the seventh day, because she had pressed him so much, he told her the answer. And in turn she explained the riddle to her people.
Hebrew words
וַתֵּבְךְּvatevekand she weptH1058עָלָיו'alavover himH5921שִׁבְעַתshiv'at[the] sevenH7651הַיָּמִיםhaiyamimthe daysH3117אֲשֶׁר־'asher-whichH834הָיָהhayahit belongedH1961לָהֶםlahemto <the> themהַמִּשְׁתֶּהhamishtehthe feastH4960וַיְהִי׀vayhiand it wasH1961בַּיּוֹםbaiyomon the dayH3117הַשְּׁבִיעִיhashevi'i<the> seventhH7637וַיַּגֶּד־vaiyaged-and he toldH5046לָהּlahto <the> herכִּיkiforH3588הֱצִיקַתְהוּhetzikathushe pressed himH6693וַתַּגֵּדvatagedand she toldH5046הַחִידָהhachidahthe riddleH2420לִבְנֵיlivneito [the] sons ofH1121עַמָּהּ׃'amahpeople herH5971
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