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# General Information:
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Nehemiah continues his prayer.
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# Now
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This word is used here to mark a break in Nehemiah's prayer. Here he begins to make his request based on Yahweh's promise.
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# they are your servants
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The word "they" refers to the Israelite people.
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# by your great power and by your strong hand
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Here "hand" represents strength or power. Together, these two phrases form a doublet that emphasizes the intensity of Yahweh's power. AT: "by your great power and by your mighty strength" or "by your very powerful strength" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
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# the prayer of your servant
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Here "servant" refers to Nehemiah. This is how a person would address his superior in order to show humility and respect. See how you translated this in [Nehemiah 1:6](./06.md).
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# the prayer of your servants
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Here "servants" refers to the rest of the Israelite people who would have been praying for Yahweh to act on behalf of his people and on behalf of Jerusalem.
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# who delight to honor your name
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Here "name" represents Yahweh himself. AT: "who delight to honor you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# grant him mercy in the sight of this man
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Here "him" refers to Nehemiah, who refers to himself in the third person to express his humility before God, and "this man" refers to Artaxerxes, the king of Persia.
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# in the sight of this man
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Nehemiah speaks of the king's attitude or disposition as if it were how the king viewed something. AT: "grant that the king will have mercy on me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# I served as cupbearer to the king
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This is background information about Nehemiah's role in the king's court. Your language may have a special way to mark background information. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-background]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/servant]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/peopleofgod]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/power]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/hand]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/beg]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/pray]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/honor]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/name]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/mercy]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/serve]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/cupbearer]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king]] |