OET interlinear HERO (JDG) 14:17

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

שִׁבְעַ֣ת הַ⁠יָּמִ֔ים אֲשֶׁר־הָיָ֥ה לָ⁠הֶ֖ם הַ⁠מִּשְׁתֶּ֑ה

(Some words not found in UHB: and,she_wept on/upon/above=him/it seven_of the=days which/who it_became to/for=them the,feast and=he/it_was in_the=day the=seventh and,he_told to/for=her/it that/for/because/then/when she,pressed_him and,she_told the,riddle to,the_sons_of her_people_of,her )

Since the author says in 14:15 that it was only on the “seventh day” of the feast that the Philistine young men came to Samson’s bride and threatened her, he is apparently using the whole period here, seven days, to represent the time that remained in that period. Alternate translation: [for the remainder of the seven days during which they held their feast]

Note 2 topic: writing-newevent

וַ⁠יְהִ֣י

and=he/it_was

The author is using this phrase to introduce a new development in the story. Use a word, phrase, or other method in your language that is natural for introducing a new event.

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

וַ⁠יַּגֶּד־לָ⁠הּ֙ כִּ֣י הֱצִיקַ֔תְ⁠הוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: and,she_wept on/upon/above=him/it seven_of the=days which/who it_became to/for=them the,feast and=he/it_was in_the=day the=seventh and,he_told to/for=her/it that/for/because/then/when she,pressed_him and,she_told the,riddle to,the_sons_of her_people_of,her )

If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the result that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: [that, because she had pressed him, he declared it to her]