en_tn_condensed/neh/06/17.md

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# sent many letters
The nobles sent messengers to bring these letters to Tobiah. Alternate translation: "sent many messengers with letters" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
# Tobiah's letters came
Here Tobiah's letters are personified as coming by themselves, when they were actually brought by messengers. Alternate translation: "Tobiah sent letters" or "Tobiah sent many messengers with letters" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])
# Tobiah
See how you translated this man's name in [Nehemiah 2:10](../02/10.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])