RobH_en_tn/jdg/13/24.md

# the woman

"Manoah's wife"

# gave birth to a son

This refers to childbirth. AT: "bore a son" or "had a baby boy" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# grew up

"became an adult" or "matured"

# Yahweh's Spirit began to stir him

Here the way Yahweh's Spirit influences Samson is compared to the way a spoon stirs food in a pot. AT: "Yahweh's Spirit began to influence Samson" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# Mahaneh Dan ... Eshtaol

Mahaneh Dan is the name of a temporary camp that the tribe of Dan lived in while they looked for a permanent home. Eshtaol is the name of a town. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# Zorah

Translate the name of this town the same way you did in [Judges 13:2](./01.md).