# Jabez

This is the name of a man. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# expand my territory

"give me more land"

# your hand will be with me

Possible meanings are that God's hand is 1) a metonym for his guidance, his power, or his protection. AT: "you will guide me" or "you will make me prosper" or "you will protect me" or 2) a synecdoche for himself. AT: "you will be with me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# granted him his prayer

The words "his prayer" are a metonym for what Jabez asked in the prayer. AT: "did what Jabez had asked him to do" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])