Fixing one-word snippets.

1sa/18/25.md

@@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
 
 The verb for the second phrase may be supplied from the first. AT: "The king does not desire any dowry; he desires only that you bring to him 100 foreskins" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
 
-# dowry
-
-the gift a man was required to give to the father of a woman he wants to marry
-
 # foreskins
 
 the fold of skin on a man's private part that is removed during circumcision

jer/50/38.md

@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ A jackal is a wild dog found in Asia and Africa.
 
 # ostriches
 
-very large African birds that run fast but cannot fly. Some versions translate this as "owl.""
+very large African birds that run fast but cannot fly. Some versions translate this as "owl."
 
 # will live in her
 

jhn/01/32.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # descending
 
-"coming down"
+coming down from above
 
 # like a dove
 

jhn/03/16.md

@@ -10,13 +10,9 @@ This is the kind of love that comes from God and is focused on the good of other
 
 These two clauses mean nearly the same thing, said twice for emphasis, first in the negative and then in the positive. Some languages may indicate emphasis in a different way. AT: God's real reason for sending his Son into the world was to save it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublenegatives]])
 
-# condemn
+# to condemn
 
-"punish"
+"to punish." Usually "punish" implies that the person who has been punished is then accepted by God. When a person is condemned, he is punished but never accepted by God.
-
-# not condemned
-
-These two negative ideas can be stated in positive form. AT: "judged to be innocent" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublenegatives]])
 
 # Son of God
 

jhn/06/62.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ The word "profit" means to cause good things to happen.
 
 # words
 
-"Words" here is a metonym that could possibly mean: 1) Jesus' words in [John 6:32-58](./32.md) or 2) everything Jesus teaches. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
+Possible meanings are 1) Jesus' words in [John 6:32-58](./32.md) or 2) everything Jesus teaches. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
 
 # The words that I have spoken to you
 

jhn/07/01.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ These words tell the reader that the writer will begin talking about a new event
 
 # traveled
 
-"walked"
+The reader should understand that Jesus probably walked rather than riding an animal or in a vehicle.
 
 # the Jews were seeking to kill him
 

jhn/07/45.md

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
-# officers
+# the officers
 
-"temple guards"
+"the temple guards"
 
 # Never has anyone spoken like this
 

jhn/13/16.md

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ See how you translated this in [John 1:51](../01/49.md).
 
 # greater
 
-"more important"
+one who is more important or more powerful, or one who should have an easier life or a more pleasant life
 
 # you are blessed
 

jhn/20/26.md

@@ -10,11 +10,11 @@ You can translate this in an active form. AT: "when they had locked the doors" (
 
 This is a common greeting that means "May God give you peace" .
 
-# unbelieving
+# Do not be unbelieving, but believe
 
-"without belief" or "without faith"
+Jesus uses the double negative "Do not be unbelieving" to emphasize the words that follow, "but believe." If your language does not allow double negatives or the reader would not understand that Jesus is emphasizing the words that follow, you can leave these words untranslated. AT: "This is what is most important for you to do: you must believe" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublenegatives]])
 
-# but believe
+# believe
 
 Here "believe" means to trust in Jesus. AT: "put your trust in me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])