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# sent many letters
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The nobles sent messengers to bring these letters to Tobiah. AT: "sent many messengers with letters" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# Tobiah's letters came
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Here Tobiah's letters are personified as coming by themselves, when they were actually brought by messengers. AT: "Tobiah sent letters" or "Tobiah sent many messengers with letters" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])
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# Tobiah
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See how you translated this man's name in [Nehemiah 2:10](../02/09.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# who were bound by an oath to him
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This speaks of people being loyal to Tobiah because they had pledged an oath to him as if their oath were a rope that bound their bodies. AT: "who had sworn an oath to him" or "who had made an oath and were loyal to him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# he was the son-in-law of Shecaniah
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This means that Tobiah was married to the daughter of Shecaniah. See how you translated "Shecaniah" in [Nehemiah 3:29](../03/28.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# Arah ... Jehohanan
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These are the names of men. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# Meshullam ... Berechiah
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These are the names of men. See how you translated this in [Nehemiah 3:4](../03/03.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# They also spoke to me about his good deeds and reported my words back to him
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"The Jewish nobles told me about Tobiah's good deeds and then told him about my responses"
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# Letters were sent to me from Tobiah
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This can be stated in active form. Tobiah sent messengers to bring the letters to Nehemiah. AT: "Tobiah sent letters to me" or "Tobiah sent messengers to bring letters to me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/kingdomofjudah]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/letter]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/oath]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/son]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/good]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/works]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/report]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/word]] |