en_tn/jdg/14/18.md

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on the seventh day

"on day 7"

What is sweeter than honey? What is stronger than a lion?

These questions are used to answer the riddle. AT: "Honey is sweet and a lion is strong." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion) If necessary it could be made clear how this relates to the riddle by adding "Honey came out of a lion" or "Honey was found in a lion's body." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)

If you had not plowed with my heifer

Samson compares their using his wife to get the answer to someone using another person's heifer to plow his field. AT: "If you had not used my wife" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

plowed

To plow is to use an animal to pull a blade through soil to prepare the soil for seeds.