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# how we are formed
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "what our bodies are like" or "how he formed our bodies" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# he knows that we are dust
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When Yahweh created Adam the first man he created him from dust. AT: "he remembers that he created us from dust" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# As for man, his days are like grass
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In this simile, the length of man's life is being compared to the short length of time that grass grows before it dies. AT: "The length of man's life is short like that of grass" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# he flourishes like a flower in a field
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In this simile, how man grows over time is compared to how a flower grows. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# flourishes
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To "flourish" is to grow well or be healthy.
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# The wind blows over it, and it disappears ... where it once grew
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These phrases continue to talk about flowers and grass. They compare how flowers and grass die to how man dies. AT: "The wind blows over the flowers and grass and they disappear, and no one can tell where they once grew—it is the same way with man" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/know]] |