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## each male child who opens the womb, the firstborn ##
These two phrases mean basically the same thing and are combined for emphasis. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
## male child who who opens the womb ##
This refers to the first male child to which a mother gives birth. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
## I took the lives ##
AT: "I killed" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])
## I set them apart ##
Here the word "them" refers to "the firstborn from among the people of Israel."