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# the twelfth month, which is the month of Adar, on the thirteenth day
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See how you translated a similar phrase in [Esther 3:13](../03/12.md).
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# when the king's law and decree were about to be carried out
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"Carry out" here is an idiom meaning to do something that was commanded or planned. This can be stated in active form. AT: "when the people were about to obey the king's law and decree" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# to gain power over them
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Gaining power over people is an idiom for defeating them. AT: "to defeat the Jews" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# it was reversed
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"the situation was reversed." The situation being reversed is a metaphor meaning that the opposite of what was expected happened. AT: "the opposite happened" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# provinces
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A "province" is a large area into which some countries are divided for the purposes of government. See how you translated this in [Esther 1:1](../01/01.md).
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# to lay hands on those who tried to bring disaster on them
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Laying hands on people is a metonym for fighting against them. AT: "to fight their enemies" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# who tried to bring disaster on them
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To bring disaster on people is an idiom meaning to cause a disaster to happen to them. In this case it refers to destroying them. AT: "who tried to destroy them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# No one could stand against them
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Standing against people represents resisting their attack. AT: "No one could resist the attack of the Jews" or "No one could successfully fight against the Jews" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# the fear of them had fallen on all the peoples
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Fear falling on people represents people becoming very afraid. AT: "all the peoples had become very afraid of the Jews" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/law]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/decree]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/jew]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/power]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/ahasuerus]] |