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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. This phrase compares the whiteness of the teeth of the woman to the brightness of white sheep wool after their wool has been sheared off. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)
a flock newly shorn ewes
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
It is implied that 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 lamb usually look like one another. Each of the woman's teeth has a matching tooth on the other side of her mouth. So it is like each tooth has a twin like the lambs. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
none among them is bereaved
None of her teeth have lost their matching tooth on the other side. The woman has not lost any of her teeth.
bereaved
To have lost a loved one who has died.