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# General Information:
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These are Yahweh's words about Egypt.
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# Then a sword will come against Egypt
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The word "sword" here represents war or an army that attacks. AT: "There will be war against Egypt" or "An enemy army will attack Egypt" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# there will be anguish in Cush
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The abstract noun "anguish" can be expressed in terms of how the people feel. AT: "the people of Cush will be very sad" or "the people of Cush will suffer" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# when the killed people fall in Egypt
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Possible meanings are that 1) "fall" is a euphemism for dying. AT: "when people in Egypt die in war" or 2) "fall" refers to their bodies falling and lying on the ground. AT: "when people in Egypt die in war and lie fallen" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]])
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# when they take her wealth
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"when the attackers take away the wealth of Egypt"
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# when her foundations are ruined
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This can be translated in active form. AT: "when the attackers destroy the foundations of the buildings in Egypt" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# Cush and Put, Lydia and all Arabia, and Libya
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These names refer to the people of these countries. AT: "The people of Cush and Put, Libya, and all Arabia, and Lydia" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# Libya
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Libya is a country west of Egypt. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# Lydia
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This probably refers to the kingdom of Lydia which was in what is now Turkey.
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# the people belonging to the covenant
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Possible meanings are 1) the "covenant" refers to the agreement that Yahweh made with the Israelites. AT: "the Jews who live in Egypt" or 2) the "covenant" refers to an agreement that Egypt made with other nations. AT: "the people of the nations that had a covenant with Egypt" or "Egypt's allies" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# will all fall by the sword
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Here the sword represents battle. AT: "will all die in battle" or "will all die in the war" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# will all fall by the sword
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The word "all" here is a generalization. It means that many people will die. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sword]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/egypt]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/cush]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/foundation]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/ruin]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/covenant]] |