en_tn_condensed/jdg/14/18.md

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the men of the city

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/jit/figs-explicit)

the seventh day

"day 7" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-ordinal)

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

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/jit/figs-rquestion and rc://en/ta/man/jit/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. Alternate translation: "If you had not used my wife" (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor)

plowed

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