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# There can be hope for a tree
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The abstract noun "hope" can be expressed with the verb "hope." The hope is explained in verses 7-9. AT: "We can hope that a tree will live again" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# it might sprout again
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"it might start growing again"
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# so that its tender stalk does not disappear
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Disappearing represents dying. AT: "so that its young shoot will not die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# Though
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"Even if"
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# stump
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the part of the tree that remains sticking out of the ground after someone has cut down most of the tree
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# even if it only smells water
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This describes the dead stump as if it could smell water to represent water being near it. AT: "even if only a little water is near it" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# it will bud
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"it will start growing"
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# send out branches like a plant
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The tree sending out branches represents branches growing on the tree. AT: "branches will start growing on it like a plant" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/hope]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death]] |