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# I lifted my eyes
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Here the word "eyes" represents the person who sees. Alternate translation: "I looked up" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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# wind was in their wings
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This idiom means that they were flying. Alternate translation: "they were flying" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# they had wings like a stork's wings
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A stork is a type of large bird that has a wingspan of two to four meters. Zechariah compares the size of the women's wings with the size of the stork's wings.
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# They lifted up the basket between earth and heaven
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The words "earth" and "heaven" form a merism that refer to the sky. It is implicit that the two women flew away with the basket. Alternate translation: "They lifted the basket up into the sky and flew away" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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