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# Where can we go now?
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Here this question emphasizes how afraid they were. This rhetorical question can be translated as a statement. AT: "We have nowhere to go." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# made our heart to melt
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This means that they became afraid. AT: "made us very afraid" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# are fortified up to the heavens
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This is an exaggeration that emphasizes how frightened the people were because the cities were so large and strong. AT: "have walls so high it is like they reach up to the heavens" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])
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# sons of the Anakim
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These are descendants of the Anak people who were very large and fierce. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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