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# General Information:

Yahweh describes his promises to King David through the prophet Nathan.

# Now

This does not mean "at this moment," but is used to draw attention to the important point that follows.

# tell my servant David

Yahweh is still telling the prophet Nathan what he should tell David.

# I took you from the pasture

David's job as a shepherd is referred to by the place he watched his sheep. Alternate translation: "I took you from your job as a shepherd" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])

# pasture

an area of land where animals feed on the grass. See how you translated this word in [1 Chronicles 4:39 and 4:40](../04/39.md).
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# General Information:`

			`Yahweh describes his promises to King David through the prophet Nathan.`

			`# Now`

			`This does not mean "at this moment," but is used to draw attention to the important point that follows.`

			`# tell my servant David`

			`Yahweh is still telling the prophet Nathan what he should tell David.`

			`# I took you from the pasture`
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Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`David's job as a shepherd is referred to by the place he watched his sheep. Alternate translation: "I took you from your job as a shepherd" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# pasture`

Fixing one-word snippets. 2017-10-11 23:04:53 +00:00			`an area of land where animals feed on the grass. See how you translated this word in [1 Chronicles 4:39 and 4:40](../04/39.md).`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00