unfoldingWord_en_tn/deu/21/20.md

# General Information:

Moses continues speaking to the people of Israel as if they were one man, so all instances of "you" are singular. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])

# This son of ours

"Our son"

# he will not obey our voice

Here "voice" is a metonym for what a person says or a synecdoche for the whole person. AT: "he will not do what we tell him to do" or "he will not obey us" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# a glutton

a person who eats and drinks too much

# a drunkard

a person who drinks too much alcohol and gets drunk often

# stone him to death with stones

"throw stones at him until he dies"

# you will remove the evil from among you

The adjective "evil" can be translated as a noun phrase. AT: "you must remove from among the Israelites the person who does this evil thing" or "you must execute this evil person" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj]])

# All Israel

The word "Israel" is a metonym for the people of Israel. AT: "All the people of Israel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# will hear of it and fear

The full meaning of this statement can be made explicit. AT: "will hear about what happened to the son and be afraid that the people will punish them also" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/stone]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/evil]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/israel]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/fear]]