# But the fighting overtook them

This speaks about fighting as if it were a person who could overtake someone. AT: "But the soldiers of Israel caught up to them" or "But they were not able to escape the fighting" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/israel]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/desert]]