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# Absalom happened to meet some of David's servants

This is an event that happened during the battle. This can be stated clearly. Alternate translation: "During the battle, Absalom happened to meet some of David's servants" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])

# David's servants

"David's soldiers." These men served David as soldiers. See how you translated this phrase in [2 Samuel 3:22](../03/22.md).

# his head was caught up in the tree branches

Absalom had long hair that got caught in the tree branches. Alternate translation: "his hair was caught in the tree branches" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])

# dangling

hanging or swinging loosely

# between the ground and the sky

"in the air"
2 Sam 13-18 2019-09-05 17:40:00 +00:00			`# Absalom happened to meet some of David's servants`
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2 Sam 13-18 2019-09-05 17:40:00 +00:00			`This is an event that happened during the battle. This can be stated clearly. Alternate translation: "During the battle, Absalom happened to meet some of David's servants" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])`

			`# David's servants`

			`"David's soldiers." These men served David as soldiers. See how you translated this phrase in [2 Samuel 3:22](../03/22.md).`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# his head was caught up in the tree branches`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`Absalom had long hair that got caught in the tree branches. Alternate translation: "his hair was caught in the tree branches" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
			`# dangling`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
			`hanging or swinging loosely`

initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# between the ground and the sky`

			`"in the air"`