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# The virgin daughter of Zion

"Virgin daughter" here is a metaphor for the people of Jerusalem as if they are young, vibrant and beautiful. The term "daughter" was used to give personal characteristics to cities by some biblical writers. Alternate translation: "The beautiful people of Jerusalem" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])

# The virgin daughter of Zion despises you and laughs you to scorn. The daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head at you.

Both of these sentences intend to give the same meaning. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])

# The daughter of Jerusalem

"Daughter" is metaphor for the people of Jerusalem. Alternate translation: "The people of the city of Jerusalem" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])

# shakes her head at you

This action is a metaphor to represent disdain at the pride of the Assyrians. Alternate translation: "scorns you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00			`# The virgin daughter of Zion`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`"Virgin daughter" here is a metaphor for the people of Jerusalem as if they are young, vibrant and beautiful. The term "daughter" was used to give personal characteristics to cities by some biblical writers. Alternate translation: "The beautiful people of Jerusalem" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-personification]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
			`# The virgin daughter of Zion despises you and laughs you to scorn. The daughter of Jerusalem shakes her head at you.`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`Both of these sentences intend to give the same meaning. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
			`# The daughter of Jerusalem`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`"Daughter" is metaphor for the people of Jerusalem. Alternate translation: "The people of the city of Jerusalem" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00
			`# shakes her head at you`

Change to new format As per email from Chris Jarka. 2019-02-11 22:07:05 +00:00			`This action is a metaphor to represent disdain at the pride of the Assyrians. Alternate translation: "scorns you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])`
Remainder of books formated per verse 2017-12-12 06:13:24 +00:00