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# Egyptians will be like women

This emphasizes that the people of Egypt will be afraid and helpless when God punishes them. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])

# because of the upraised hand of Yahweh of hosts that he raises over them

Here "hand" refers to God's power, and raising the hand against them represents punishing them. AT: "because Yahweh of hosts has raised his powerful hand to punish them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# The land of Judah will become a cause of staggering to Egypt

The "land of Judah" and "Egypt" refer to the people in those places. The Egyptians will stagger because they are afraid. AT: "The people of Judah will cause the Egyptians to stagger" or "The people of Judah will cause the Egyptians to be terribly afraid" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# Whenever anyone reminds them of her, they will be afraid

Here, "them" and "they" refer to the Egyptians and "her" refers to the people of Judah. AT: "Whenever anyone reminds the Egyptians of the people of Judah, the Egyptians will be afraid"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/egypt]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/fear]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/hand]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahwehofhosts]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/judah]]
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			`This emphasizes that the people of Egypt will be afraid and helpless when God punishes them. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])`

initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# because of the upraised hand of Yahweh of hosts that he raises over them`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Here "hand" refers to God's power, and raising the hand against them represents punishing them. AT: "because Yahweh of hosts has raised his powerful hand to punish them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# The land of Judah will become a cause of staggering to Egypt`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`The "land of Judah" and "Egypt" refer to the people in those places. The Egyptians will stagger because they are afraid. AT: "The people of Judah will cause the Egyptians to stagger" or "The people of Judah will cause the Egyptians to be terribly afraid" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Whenever anyone reminds them of her, they will be afraid`
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added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`Here, "them" and "they" refer to the Egyptians and "her" refers to the people of Judah. AT: "Whenever anyone reminds the Egyptians of the people of Judah, the Egyptians will be afraid"`

			`# translationWords`

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added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/fear]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/hand]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahwehofhosts]]`
Relinking after change of directories. 2017-08-30 21:09:31 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/judah]]`