en_tn/jdg/14/16.md

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All you do is hate me! You do not love me

She was accusing him of not loving her because he did not tell her the answer to the riddle.

riddle

a game in which the players must discover the answer to a difficult question

Look here

Paying attention is spoken of as looking. AT: "Listen to me" or "Pay attention to what I'm about to say" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)

if I have not told my father or my mother, should I tell you?

Samson was rebuking her for demanding that he tell her the answer to the riddle. AT: "I have not even told my father or mother. I do not have to tell you" or “It is not reasonable for you to demand that I tell you, since I have not even told my parents, and they are closer to me than you are.” (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)

during the seven days that their feast lasted

Possible meanings are 1) “during the seven days of their feast” or 2) “the rest of the seven days of their feast.”

on the seventh day

"on day 7"

she pressured him very much

This compares her complaining to putting pressure on something until it breaks. AT: "she kept urging him to tell her" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)