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# Delilah saw
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Here the word "saw" is a idiom that means to realize something. AT: "Delilah realized" or "Delilah learned" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# the truth about everything
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Here the word "everything" refers to everything about why Samson was strong. AT: "the truth about why he is strong" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# Come up again
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Delilah is telling the rulers to come again to where she lives. Her home is likely at a higher elevation than where the rulers would be travelling from.
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# bringing the silver in their hands
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This means that they brought to her the silver that they had promised to give her if she helped them capture Samson. AT: "bringing the silver that they had promised to give her" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# She had him fall asleep
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"She caused him to fall asleep"
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# in her lap
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This means that he slept with his head on her lap. This can be stated clearly. AT: "with his head on her lap" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# lap
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The lap is the level area of the upper legs when a person is sitting down.
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# the seven locks of his head
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Samson had seven locks of hair on his head. Locks are small bunches of hair. Here his locks of hair are described as "belonging" to his head. AT: "the seven locks of hair on his head" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-possession]])
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# subdue him
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"control him"
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# his strength had left him
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Here Samson's strength is described as if it were a person who could leave him. AT: "his strength was gone" or "he was no longer strong" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/delilah]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/true]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/ruler]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/philistines]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/silver]] |