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# Connecting Statement:

John describes a dragon that appears in his vision.

# dragon

This was a large, fierce reptile, like a lizard. For Jewish people, it was a symbol of evil and chaos. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage]])

# His tail swept away a third of the stars

"With his tail he swept away a third of the stars"

# a third

"one third." See how you translated this in [Revelation 8:7](../08/06.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-fraction]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sign]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heaven]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/horn]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/crown]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/devour]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Connecting Statement:`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`John describes a dragon that appears in his vision.`

			`# dragon`

			`This was a large, fierce reptile, like a lizard. For Jewish people, it was a symbol of evil and chaos. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage]])`

			`# His tail swept away a third of the stars`

			`"With his tail he swept away a third of the stars"`

			`# a third`

added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`"one third." See how you translated this in [Revelation 8:7](../08/06.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-fraction]])`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sign]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heaven]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/horn]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/crown]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/devour]]`