They try to give the answer in a way that makes it appear they had guessed it. Samson saw at once that she had betrayed him. He lets them know in a…

What is sweeter than honey? —Their answer is given in the same rhythmical form as the riddle itself.

If ye had not plowed with m…

And the men of the city said unto him, on the seventh day,
before the sun went down
A…

Samson's riddle literally meant no more than that he had got honey, for food and for pleasure, from the lion, which in its strength and fury was re…