# Every male was circumcised

This can be stated in active form. AT: "So Hamor and Shechem had someone circumcise all the men" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# On the third day

"third" is the ordinal number for three. It can be stated without the ordinal number. AT: "After two days" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])

# when they were still in pain

"when the men of the city were still in pain"

# each took his sword

"took their swords"

# they attacked the city

Here "city" stands for the people. AT: "they attacked the people of the city" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# security, and they killed all the males

This can be translated as a new sentence. "security. Simeon and Levi killed all the men of the city"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/hamor]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/shechem]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/circumcise]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/jacob]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/simeon]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/levite]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sword]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/house]]