# Ahimaaz

See how you translated this man's name in [2 Samuel 15:27](../15/27.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# run to the king with the good news

Here Ahimaaz speaks of running to go and tell the king the good news as if the good news were a object that he were carrying. AT: "run to tell the king the good news" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# the hand of his enemies

Here "hand" refers to control. AT: "the control of his enemies" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# the bearer of news

"the one who tells the news"

# you will bear no news

This refers to not bearing the news to the king. AT: "you will not tell the news to the king" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/son]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/zadok]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/goodnews]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death]]