en_tn/2sa/14/18.md

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  • Please do not hide from me anything that I will ask you - Here the two negatives "do not" and "hide" are used together to imply a positive response. AT: Please tell me the truth when I ask you" (See: :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_litotes)
  • Is not the hand of Joab - Here "hand of Joab" refers to for Joab's words or council. (See: :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_metonymy)
  • no one can escape to the right hand or to the left from anything that my master the king has spoken - The expression "to the right hand or to the left" means "everything." (See: :en:ta:vol2:translate:figs_merism) AT: "you are exactly right"