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# On the seventh day
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"After 6 days" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-numbers]])
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# the king's heart was feeling happy because of the wine
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Here "heart" refers to the king, and "feeling happy" is an idiom that means he was drunk. Alternate translation: "the king was drunk with wine" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-idiom]])
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# Mehuman, Biztha, Harbona, Bigtha, Abagtha, Zethar, and Karkas
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These are names of men. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]])
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# the seven officials who served before him
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This is background information to explain who these men were. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/writing-background]])
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