# from the sword, from the drawn sword, from the bent bow

Here "sword" and "bow" represents the soldiers who attack the inhabitants of Tema. Alternate translation: "from their enemies who attack them with swords and bows" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])

# from the weight of war

The terror and suffering that is experienced during war is spoken of as if war were a heavy weight on people. Alternate translation: "from the horrors of war" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])