## translationWords

* [[en:tw:ahab]]
* [[en:tw:god]]
* [[en:tw:hand]]
* [[en:tw:kingdom]]
* [[en:tw:nation]]
* [[en:tw:oath]]
* [[en:tw:send]]
* [[en:tw:servant]]
* [[en:tw:sin]]
* [[en:tw:yahweh]]

## translationNotes

* **How have I sinned...for him to kill me?** - AT: "It is as if I had wronged you...for him to kill me." (See: [[en:ta:vol1:translate:figs_rquestion]])
* **give your servant into the hand of Ahab** - "deliver your servant to Ahab" (See: [[:en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_metonymy]])
* **servant** - Obadiah refers to himself as Elijah's servant in order to honor Elijah.
* **As Yahweh your God lives** - This is an oath used to emphasize that what he is saying is true.
* **there is no nation...where my master has not sent men** - AT: "my master has sent men everywhere" (See: [[en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_doublenegatives]] and [[en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_hyperbole]])
* **Yet now** - This phrase is used to emphasize the danger in what Elijah is telling Obadiah to do.