Moses continues to bless the tribes of Israel; the blessings are short poems. He continues describing the tribe of Levi, which he began to do in [Deuteronomy 33:8](./08.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
Here the word "hands" refers to the whole person. AT: "all the work that he does" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
# Shatter the loins of
The loins were considered the center of strength, and are here represent strength. AT: "Take away the strength of" or "Utterly destroy" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
# rise up ... rise up
This phrase is used twice as a metaphor. AT: "rise up to fight ... cause any more trouble" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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