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# fifty of the sons

"50 of the sons" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# the sons of the prophets

This does not mean that they were the sons of prophets, but rather, that they were a group of prophets. See how you translated this phrase in [2 Kings 2:3](./03.md). AT: "the group of men who were prophets" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# stood opposite them

This means that they were standing, facing them. AT: "stood facing them" or "stood watching them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# cloak

outer piece of clothing used as a covering

# The river divided on both sides so that the two of them walked over on dry ground

"The water of the Jordan River opened up so there was a dry path for Elijah and Elisha to cross over to the other side"

# on both sides

"to the right and the left." This refers to the right and the left of where Elijah struck the water.

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/elijah]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# fifty of the sons`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"50 of the sons" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# the sons of the prophets`

			`This does not mean that they were the sons of prophets, but rather, that they were a group of prophets. See how you translated this phrase in [2 Kings 2:3](./03.md). AT: "the group of men who were prophets" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])`

			`# stood opposite them`

			`This means that they were standing, facing them. AT: "stood facing them" or "stood watching them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])`

			`# cloak`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00			`outer piece of clothing used as a covering`

initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# The river divided on both sides so that the two of them walked over on dry ground`

			`"The water of the Jordan River opened up so there was a dry path for Elijah and Elisha to cross over to the other side"`

			`# on both sides`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`"to the right and the left." This refers to the right and the left of where Elijah struck the water.`

			`# translationWords`

Relinking after change of directories. 2017-08-30 21:09:31 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/elijah]]`