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# General Information:
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Asaph continues to speak of the way God settled Israel in their land as if God were a man clearing ground to plant a grapevine. If you need to translate the meaning of the story rather than the story itself, see how the UDB translates it. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# You cleared the land for it
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"You cleared the land for the vine"
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# it took root
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"the vine took root" or "the vine began to grow"
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# filled the land
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"its branches covered the land"
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# The mountains were covered with its shade, the cedars of God by its branches
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "Its shade covered the mountains, its branches the cedars of God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# the cedars of God by its branches
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"and the cedars of God were covered by its branches," which copies the verb from the previous sentence. This can be stated in active form. AT: "and its branches covered the cedars of God" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# cedars of God
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Possible meanings are 1) "the highest cedar trees," the cedar trees that grew on the "mountains" in the land of Lebanon north of Israel, or 2) "God's own cedar trees."
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# the sea
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the Mediterranean Sea to the west of Israel
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# shoots
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the parts of new plants that are just starting to grow above the ground |