unfoldingWord_en_tn/psa/078/064.md

# Their priests fell by the sword

Here the word "sword" represents soldiers who fought with swords. The phrase "fell by the sword" is an idiom that means to die in battle. AT: "Their priests died in battle" or "Enemies killed their priests with swords" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# their widows could not weep

Possible meanings are 1) someone forced the widows not to weep or 2) so many priests died that there was no time for proper funerals.

# widows

women whose husbands have died
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Here the word "sword" represents soldiers who fought with swords. The phrase "fell by the sword" is an idiom that means to die in battle. AT: "Their priests died in battle" or "Enemies killed their priests with swords" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# their widows could not weep`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Possible meanings are 1) someone forced the widows not to weep or 2) so many priests died that there was no time for proper funerals.`
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			`women whose husbands have died`