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29 lines
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# Now
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This word is used here to mark a break in the story line. Here the narrator starts to tell a new part of the story.
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# Zebah and Zalmunna
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See how you translated these names in [Judges 8:5](../08/05.md).
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# Karkor
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This is the name of a city. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])
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# fifteen thousand men
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"15,000 men" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-numbers]])
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# had fallen
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This is a polite way of referring to people who died in battle. Alternate translation: "had been killed" or "had died in battle" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-euphemism]])
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# 120,000 men
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"one hundred thousand men" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-numbers]])
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# men who drew the sword
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Here drawing the sword represents using the sword in battle. Possible meanings are 1) this phrase refers to soldiers who use swords in battle. Alternate translation: "swordsmen" or "men who fought with swords" or 2) this phrase refers to any soldiers. Alternate translation: "soldiers" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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