unfoldingWord_en_tn/deu/01/43.md

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General Information:

Moses continues to speak to the people of Israel.

attacked the hill country

The metonym "hill country" stands for the people who live there. AT: "attacked the people who live in the hill country" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

chased you like bees

A "bee" is a small, flying insect that flies in large groups and stings people who threaten them. This means that so many Amorites attacked the Israelite soldiers that they had to leave the battle. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile and rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-unknown)

Seir

This is the name of a piece of land. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)

Hormah

This is the name of a city. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)

struck you down

"killed many of your soldiers"

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