2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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The writer shifts into listing several merisms of life.
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2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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## For everything there is an appointed time, and a season for every purpose ##
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2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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These two phrases mean basically the same thing and are combined for emphasis. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
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2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
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2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
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## born and...die ... kill and...heal ##
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These are various aspects of life as described from one extreme to the other. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]])
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## a time to pull up plants ##
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2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
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Possible meanings are 1) "a time to harvest" or 2) "a time to weed" or 3) "a time to uproot."
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