unfoldingWord_en_tn/jer/31/15.md

# A voice is heard in Ramah

This can be translated in active form. AT: "I hear a voice in Ramah" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# It is Rachel weeping for her children

Rachel was the wife of Jacob/Israel and was the mother of the tribes of Joseph and Benjamin. Her name is a metonym for the women of Israel who are crying because the Babylonians have killed their children or taken them away. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# She refuses to be comforted over them, for they live no longer

This can be translated in active form. AT: "She will not let anyone comfort her, for her children are dead" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/voice]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/ramah]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/rachel]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/children]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/comfort]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# A voice is heard in Ramah`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This can be translated in active form. AT: "I hear a voice in Ramah" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# It is Rachel weeping for her children`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Rachel was the wife of Jacob/Israel and was the mother of the tribes of Joseph and Benjamin. Her name is a metonym for the women of Israel who are crying because the Babylonians have killed their children or taken them away. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# She refuses to be comforted over them, for they live no longer`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`This can be translated in active form. AT: "She will not let anyone comfort her, for her children are dead" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/voice]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/ramah]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/rachel]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/children]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/comfort]]`