unfoldingWord_en_tn/sng/04/02.md

# Your teeth are like a flock of newly shorn ewes

After sheep have their wool cut off, they are washed and their skin looks very white. The woman's teeth are white. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])

# a flock of newly shorn ewes

This can be translated in active form. AT: "a flock of ewes whose wool people have cut off" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# coming up from the washing place

The ewes are coming up out of the water. AT: "that are coming up out of the water after people have washed them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# Each one has a twin

Sheep usually give birth to two lambs at one time. These twin lambs usually look like one another. Each of the woman's teeth has a matching tooth on the other side of her mouth. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# none among them is bereaved

Each of the woman's teeth has a matching tooth on the other side of her mouth. She has not lost any of her teeth.

# bereaved

lost a loved one who has died

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/like]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/flock]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sheep]]