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# Their priests fell by the sword
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Here the word "sword" represents soldiers who fought with swords. The phrase "fell by the sword" is an idiom that means to die in battle. Alternate translation: "Their priests died in battle" or "Enemies killed their priests with swords" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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# their widows could not weep
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Possible meanings are 1) someone forced the widows not to weep or 2) so many priests died that there was no time for proper funerals.
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# widows
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women whose husbands have died