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## you jump around like a calf stamping in its pasture ##
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This compares the people of Babylon to a calf who runs around joyfully in a meadow. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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## stamping ##
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See how you translated this in Jeremiah [Jeremiah 47:3](../47/03.md).
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## you neigh like a powerful horse ##
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This compares their happiness to the happiness of stallions that are neighing - making loud noises. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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## So your mother … the one who bore you will be embarrassed. ##
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The same idea is expressed in two different ways for emphasis. This compares the ancestors of the Babylonians to a mother in a family. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## a wilderness, a dry land, and a desert ##
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These words have basically the same meaning for emphasis. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
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## shudder ##
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shake violently due to fear
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## hiss ##
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make a sound like a snake that means great disapproval
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