From 9632dad2b04967cff5f22fa9ad28da3e18fe95b6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PaulDeYoung Date: Mon, 12 Aug 2024 19:59:49 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update pro/31/02.md --- pro/31/02.md | 7 +++---- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/pro/31/02.md b/pro/31/02.md index 344fda19e2..8639865854 100644 --- a/pro/31/02.md +++ b/pro/31/02.md @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@ # What, my son? What is it, son of my womb? What do you want, son of my vows? -Possible meanings of the rhetorical question "What" are 1) "What are you doing?" or "You should not be doing what you are doing" or 2) "What shall I tell you?" or "Listen to what I am telling you" or 3) "Do not do the things I am about to warn you against." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]]) +"You should not be doing what you are doing" or "Do not do the things I am about to warn you against." # my son ... son of my womb ... son of my vows @@ -8,9 +8,8 @@ The speaker wants the hearer to notice carefully and to respect the one who is t # son of my womb -The womb is a synecdoche for the person. It is best to use a polite term for the body part in which babies grow before they are born. +It is best to use a polite term for the body part in which babies grow before they are born. # son of my vows -The "vows" could be 1) the mother's marriage vows or 2) a vow after she married that if God allowed her to have a child she would dedicate him to God. - +The "vows" could be: the mother's marriage vows or a vow after she married that if God allowed her to have a child she would dedicate him to God. \ No newline at end of file