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# the word of God came ... it said

This is an idiom that is used to introduce something that God told his prophets or his people. AT: "God spoke this message ... and he said" or "God spoke these words ... and he said" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# Shemaiah

This is the name of a man. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# the man of God

The expression "man of God" is a respectful way of referring to a prophet of Yahweh. AT: "the man who belongs to God" or "the prophet of God"

# all the house of Judah and Benjamin

Here "house" is a metonym that represents a tribe or descendants. AT: "all the people from the tribes of Judah and Benjamin" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# your brothers the people of Israel

The words "brothers" and "people of Israel" are a doublet that refer to the men of the ten northern tribes and emphasize the family relationship between them and the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])

# for this thing has been made to happen by me

This can be stated in active form. AT: "because I have made this thing happen" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# the word of God came ... it said`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This is an idiom that is used to introduce something that God told his prophets or his people. AT: "God spoke this message ... and he said" or "God spoke these words ... and he said" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Shemaiah`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This is the name of a man. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# the man of God`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`The expression "man of God" is a respectful way of referring to a prophet of Yahweh. AT: "the man who belongs to God" or "the prophet of God"`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# all the house of Judah and Benjamin`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Here "house" is a metonym that represents a tribe or descendants. AT: "all the people from the tribes of Judah and Benjamin" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`

			`# your brothers the people of Israel`

			`The words "brothers" and "people of Israel" are a doublet that refer to the men of the ten northern tribes and emphasize the family relationship between them and the tribes of Judah and Benjamin. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])`

			`# for this thing has been made to happen by me`

			`This can be stated in active form. AT: "because I have made this thing happen" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])`