# Aksah came to Othniel This is an idiom that refers to Aksah becoming Othniel's wife. Alternate translation: "when Aksah became Othniel's wife" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]]) # urged him to ask her father for a field This can be translated as direct speech. Alternate translation: "she urged him, saying, 'Ask my father to give me a field.'" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-quotations]])