HOW LONG DID SAMSON'S WIFE WEEP?

Note: The situation is that Samson has asked some men a riddle on the first day of a seven-day feast, betting them that they cannot answer it within seven days. Judges 14:15-16 And it came to pass on the seventh day, that they said unto Samson's wife, Entice thy husband, that he may declare unto us the riddle, lest we burn thee and thy father's house with fire: have ye called us to take that we have? is it not so?  And Samson's wife wept before him, and said, Thou dost but hate me, and lovest me not: thou hast put forth a riddle unto the children of my people, and hast not told it me. And he said unto her, Behold, I have not told it my father nor my mother, and shall I tell it thee? Judges 14:17  And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.

Note: The assumption of contradiction is that Samson's wife (according to verses 15-16) didn't start weeping until the 7th day of the feast, but then verse 17 says she wept for 'the seven days', meaning she must have started on the first day.  It should be noted that some translations say she started weeping on the fourth day, but that still doesn't explain how she could weep all seven days. The complaint looks valid on the surface, but it's a poor translation.  Scholars agree that verse 17 means that she wept on the seventh day, not on all seven days.  Not a contradiction.