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# Their priests fell by the sword
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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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# their widows could not weep
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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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# widows
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women whose husbands have died
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# the Lord awakened as one from sleep
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The Lord not acting for a period of time is spoken of as if he were asleep, and his beginning to act is spoken of as if he awakened. AT: "the Lord began to act as if he had awakened from sleep" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# like a warrior who shouts because of wine
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Possible meanings are 1) like a warrior who had drunk too much wine and has become angry because he was awakened and so wants to fight or 2) like a warrior who drank much wine but is now able to think and fight well because he has slept.
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/priest]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sword]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lord]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/warrior]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/wine]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/adversary]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/eternity]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/shame]] |