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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_was from_days in/on/at/with_time_of the_harvest_of wheat(s) and_ Shimshōn _visited DOM his/its_wife/woman in/on/at/with_young_goat_of goats and_he/it_said let_me_go into wife’s_of_my the_room_in and_not let_him father_of_her to_enter.
OET (OET-RV) Some days later during the wheat harvest, Shimshon visited his wife with a young goat as a present for the family, because he said, “I’ll go into the bedroom with my wife.” But her father wouldn’t allow him to go in,
Note 1 topic: writing-newevent
וַיְהִ֨י
and=he/it_was
The author is using this phrase to introduce a new event in the story. Use a word, phrase, or other method in your language that is natural for introducing a new event.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
בִּימֵ֣י
in/on/at/with,time_of
The author is using the word days by association to mean ”time.” Alternate translation: [at the time of]
Note 3 topic: translate-symaction
בִּגְדִ֣י עִזִּ֔ים
in/on/at/with,young_goat_of goats
Bringing a kid of goats was a symbolic action that showed Samson wanted to reconcile with his wife. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action. Alternate translation: [with a young goat as a gift to show he was no longer angry]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
בִּגְדִ֣י עִזִּ֔ים
in/on/at/with,young_goat_of goats
See how you translated the same expression in [6:19](../06/19.md).
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism
אָבֹ֥אָה אֶל אִשְׁתִּ֖י הֶחָ֑דְרָה
go to/towards wife's_of,my the,room,in
Samson is speaking in a polite way about a private or uncomfortable matter. Your language may have a similar expression that you can use in your translation. Alternate translation: [I would like to sleep with my bride] or [I would like to make the marriage official by consummating it]
Note 6 topic: translate-kinship
אִשְׁתִּ֖י
wife's_of,my
In this culture, people would speak of a woman who was engaged to a man as his wife, and they would speak of a man who was engaged to a woman as her husband, even before the two were yet married. Your language may have its own term or expression for this relationship. Alternate translation: [my fiancée]
15:1 Wheat harvest came at the end of May; how long this was after the wedding feast is not known. There was some precedent for a bride’s remaining in her parents’ home for a few months before moving to the groom’s home, while allowing conjugal visits.
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_was from_days in/on/at/with_time_of the_harvest_of wheat(s) and_ Shimshōn _visited DOM his/its_wife/woman in/on/at/with_young_goat_of goats and_he/it_said let_me_go into wife’s_of_my the_room_in and_not let_him father_of_her to_enter.
OET (OET-RV) Some days later during the wheat harvest, Shimshon visited his wife with a young goat as a present for the family, because he said, “I’ll go into the bedroom with my wife.” But her father wouldn’t allow him to go in,
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.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.