# Dan ... Javan ... Izal ... Dedan ... Arabia ... Kedar These are names of places. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]]) # Dedan was This is a metonym for the people of Dedan. Alternate translation: "The people of Dedan were" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]]) # saddle blankets A saddle blanket is a piece of cloth that people place on a horse beneath a saddle or seat.