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# Samson went down to Timnah

The phrase "went down" is used here because Timnah is lower in elevation than where his father's house was. Timah is the name of a city in the Sorek Valley. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# one of the daughters of the Philistines

The word "daughter" is a polite way to refer to a young, unmarried woman. AT: "one of the unmarried women among the Philistine people" or "a Philistine girl" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])

# Now get her for me to be my wife

This is an idiom. Samson was demanding his parents to speak to the Philistine woman's parents about marriage. AT: "Now arrange for her to become my wife!" or "Make the arrangements for me to marry her!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/samson]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/philistines]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Samson went down to Timnah`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`The phrase "went down" is used here because Timnah is lower in elevation than where his father's house was. Timah is the name of a city in the Sorek Valley. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# one of the daughters of the Philistines`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`The word "daughter" is a polite way to refer to a young, unmarried woman. AT: "one of the unmarried women among the Philistine people" or "a Philistine girl" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Now get her for me to be my wife`
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added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`This is an idiom. Samson was demanding his parents to speak to the Philistine woman's parents about marriage. AT: "Now arrange for her to become my wife!" or "Make the arrangements for me to marry her!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/samson]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/philistines]]`