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OET (OET-LV) And_the_ambush [was]_sitting to/for_her/it in/on/at/with_room and_she/it_said to_him/it [the]_Fəlishtiy upon_you Oh_Shimshōn and_snapped DOM the_bowstrings just_as it_is_torn_apart (the)_cord_of the_fiber in/on/at/with_touches_it fire and_not strength_of_his it_was_known.
OET (OET-RV) Now she had an ambush group ready in the next room when she said to him, “The Philistines are here to get you, Shimshon!” But he tore the cords to shreds just like a strip of flax fiber is torn to shreds when the fire reaches it, thus they didn’t find out the secret of his strength.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
פְּלִשְׁתִּ֥ים עָלֶ֖יךָ שִׁמְשׁ֑וֹן
Pelishtim upon,you Shimshōn/(Samson)
Delilah is using a common expression to mean that the Philistines are approaching to attack. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [The Philistines are coming to attack you, Samson]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר יִנָּתֵ֤ק פְּתִֽיל הַנְּעֹ֨רֶת֙ בַּהֲרִיח֣וֹ אֵ֔שׁ
just=as snaps strand_of the,fiber in/on/at/with,touches,it fire
The point of this comparison is that just as fire has no difficulty causing a string made of flax to break, so Samson remained strong enough to break the cords very easily. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [as easily as a string of flax breaks when it touches fire]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
וְלֹ֥א נוֹדַ֖ע כֹּחֽוֹ
and=not discovered strength_of,his
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [So no one discovered the source of his strength]
16:1-31 There is nothing of judgeship in this last chapter of Samson’s checkered history. Samson effectively abandoned his calling and was eventually stripped of his gifting as well. Only in his final encounter, when he again turned to the Lord in prayer, did any of his heroic stature revive.
OET (OET-LV) And_the_ambush [was]_sitting to/for_her/it in/on/at/with_room and_she/it_said to_him/it [the]_Fəlishtiy upon_you Oh_Shimshōn and_snapped DOM the_bowstrings just_as it_is_torn_apart (the)_cord_of the_fiber in/on/at/with_touches_it fire and_not strength_of_his it_was_known.
OET (OET-RV) Now she had an ambush group ready in the next room when she said to him, “The Philistines are here to get you, Shimshon!” But he tore the cords to shreds just like a strip of flax fiber is torn to shreds when the fire reaches it, thus they didn’t find out the secret of his strength.
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.