# Look at ... consider

"Study ... think about" or "carefully observe ... ponder"

# ant

An ant is a small insect that lives underground or in a self-built hill. They usually live in groups of thousands, and they can lift things that are much bigger than they are.

# consider her ways

This is a figure of speech using the "ways" of an ant to refer to the behavior of the ant. AT: "consider how the ant behaves" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# commander, officer, or ruler

These three words mean basically the same thing and are used to emphasized that no one has formal authority over an individual ant. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])

# it prepares its food in the summer ... during the harvest it stores up what it will eat

These two phrases mean basically the same thing and are repeated to show how responsible the ant is. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

# summer

Summer is the time of the year when some trees bear their fruit.

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/wise]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/commander]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/ruler]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/harvest]]