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# the Sabeans
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This refers to a people in a region in modern day Yemen. Here it represents a group of raiders or bandits. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/translate-names]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# fell on them
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Here "fell" represents the idea of attacking. Alternate translation: "attacked them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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# have struck
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Here striking represents killing. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# the edge of the sword
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Here "edge" represents the part of swords that kill people, that is, either the point or the sharp edge. Also, all the swords of the Sabeans are spoken of as if they were only one sword. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-genericnoun]])
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# I alone have escaped to make it known to you
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"I am the only one who has escaped and can report it to you"
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# make it known to
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or "tell"
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