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# Judah and Israel were as numerous as the sand by the sea

The speaker uses exaggeration to say that there were so many people that it would be impossible to count them all. The words "Judah" and "Israel" are metonyms for the people who lived in Judah and Israel. AT: "There were as many people in Judah and Israel as there are grains of sand by the sea" or "there were more people in Judah and Israel than a person could count" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# the River

"the Euphrates River"

# thirty cors

A cor is a unit of dry measure. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bvolume]])

# deer, gazelles, roebucks

four-legged animals that run fast (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown]])

# deer

more than one of these animals

# fattened fowl

"birds that people fed so they would become fat"
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`The speaker uses exaggeration to say that there were so many people that it would be impossible to count them all. The words "Judah" and "Israel" are metonyms for the people who lived in Judah and Israel. AT: "There were as many people in Judah and Israel as there are grains of sand by the sea" or "there were more people in Judah and Israel than a person could count" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# the River`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"the Euphrates River"`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# thirty cors`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`A cor is a unit of dry measure. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bvolume]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# deer, gazelles, roebucks`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`four-legged animals that run fast (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# deer`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`more than one of these animals`

			`# fattened fowl`

			`"birds that people fed so they would become fat"`