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# Suddenly he went after her
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This seems to imply that the young man took very little time to think about what he should do. Alternate translation: "He quickly decided to go after her" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]])
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# like an ox going to slaughter
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The naive and unsuspecting way the young man follows the adulteress is compared to the way an animal is unaware of the danger it is in. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
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# slaughter
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This refers to killing an animal in order to eat its meat.
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# like a fool is punished with shackles
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The Hebrew for this sentence is not not clear. Many translations say, "like a deer walks into a trap." |