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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said to/for_them Shimshōn let_me_ask_a_riddle please to/for_you_all a_riddle if actually_(tell) you_all_will_tell DOM_it to_me the_seven the_days the_feast and_find_out and_give to/for_you_all thirty linen_garments and_thirty changes of_garments.
OET (OET-RV) Samson said to them, “Let me suggest a riddle for you all. If you’re able to explain it to me during the seven days of the party and you’ve worked it out correctly, I’ll give you all thirty linen coats and thirty sets of clothes.
(Occurrence 0) riddle
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to/for=them Shimshōn tell now to/for=you_all riddle if to_tell explain DOM,it to=me seven days_of the,feast and,find_~_out and,give to/for=you_all thirty linen_garments and=thirty changes clothes )
a game in which the players must discover the answer to a difficult question
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
(Occurrence 0) can find it out
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to/for=them Shimshōn tell now to/for=you_all riddle if to_tell explain DOM,it to=me seven days_of the,feast and,find_~_out and,give to/for=you_all thirty linen_garments and=thirty changes clothes )
This means to figure out the meaning of the riddle. Alternate translation: “can figure out its meaning”
Note 2 topic: translate-numbers
(Occurrence 0) thirty linen robes and thirty sets of clothes
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to/for=them Shimshōn tell now to/for=you_all riddle if to_tell explain DOM,it to=me seven days_of the,feast and,find_~_out and,give to/for=you_all thirty linen_garments and=thirty changes clothes )
“30 linen robes and 30 sets of clothes”
(Occurrence 0) linen
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to/for=them Shimshōn tell now to/for=you_all riddle if to_tell explain DOM,it to=me seven days_of the,feast and,find_~_out and,give to/for=you_all thirty linen_garments and=thirty changes clothes )
a type of cloth
14:12 Riddles were common tests of skill or a form of entertainment that usually employed double meanings. Despite some evidence for bees building hives in the bodies of dead animals, there was no apparent way to crack the mystery apart from knowing what Samson knew.
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said to/for_them Shimshōn let_me_ask_a_riddle please to/for_you_all a_riddle if actually_(tell) you_all_will_tell DOM_it to_me the_seven the_days the_feast and_find_out and_give to/for_you_all thirty linen_garments and_thirty changes of_garments.
OET (OET-RV) Samson said to them, “Let me suggest a riddle for you all. If you’re able to explain it to me during the seven days of the party and you’ve worked it out correctly, I’ll give you all thirty linen coats and thirty sets of clothes.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.