en_tn/deu/33/17.md

# General Information:

Moses continues to bless the tribes of Israel; the blessings are short poems. He continues to describe the tribe of Joseph, which he began to do in [Deuteronomy 33:13](./13.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

# The firstborn of an ox, majestic is he

The ox is a metaphor for something large and strong. The word "firstborn" is a metaphor for honor. AT: "People will honor Joseph's descendants, who are many and powerful" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# his horns are the horns of

The horn is a metaphor for strength. AT: "he is as strong as" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# With them he will push

Pushing with his horns is a metaphor for strength. AT: "He is so strong that he will push" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# ten thousands of Ephraim ... the thousands of Manasseh

This means the tribe of Ephraim will be stronger than the tribe of Manasseh. AT: "the people of Ephraim, who number many times 10,000 ... the people of Manasseh, who number many times 1,000" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/firstborn]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible//ox]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/majesty]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/ephraim]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/manasseh]]
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Moses continues to bless the tribes of Israel; the blessings are short poems. He continues to describe the tribe of Joseph, which he began to do in [Deuteronomy 33:13](./13.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# The firstborn of an ox, majestic is he`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`The ox is a metaphor for something large and strong. The word "firstborn" is a metaphor for honor. AT: "People will honor Joseph's descendants, who are many and powerful" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# his horns are the horns of`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`The horn is a metaphor for strength. AT: "he is as strong as" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# With them he will push`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Pushing with his horns is a metaphor for strength. AT: "He is so strong that he will push" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# ten thousands of Ephraim ... the thousands of Manasseh`

added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`This means the tribe of Ephraim will be stronger than the tribe of Manasseh. AT: "the people of Ephraim, who number many times 10,000 ... the people of Manasseh, who number many times 1,000" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])`

			`# translationWords`

Updated links to tWs that recently moved 2017-07-05 23:49:56 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/firstborn]]`
Relinking after change of directories. 2017-08-30 21:09:31 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible//ox]]`
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/majesty]]`
Relinking after change of directories. 2017-08-30 21:09:31 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/ephraim]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/manasseh]]`