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# General Information:
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Deborah and Barak's song continues using poetry. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry]])
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# The mountains quaked
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This probably refers to earthquakes and gives the impression that the mountains quaked because they were very afraid of Yahweh. AT: "The mountains trembled in fear" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# before the face of Yahweh
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Here "face" refers Yahweh's presence. AT: "in the presence of Yahweh" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# even Mount Sinai quaked
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When Moses and Israel were at Mount Sinai, it quaked. AT: "long ago, even Mount Sinai quaked" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# In the days of
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"During the lifetime of"
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# Shamgar ... Anath ... Jael
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These are the names of people. See how you translated Shamgar and Anath in [Judges 3:31](../03/31.md) and Jael in [Judges 4:18](../04/17.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# son of Anath
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Shamgar's father is mentioned to help identify Shamgar and when he lived. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])
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# the main roads were abandoned
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This can be stated in active form and you can make explicit why the roads were abandoned AT: "people stopped using the main roads; because they were afraid of Israel's enemies" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# the winding paths
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This refers to smaller roads that fewer people traveled on. |