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# bowed down
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This means to bend over or kneel down very low to humbly express respect and honor toward someone. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-symlanguage]])
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# to the people of the land, to the sons of Heth
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"to the sons of Heth who lived in the area"
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# the sons of Heth
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Here "sons" stands for those who descended from Heth. See how you translated this in [Genesis 23:3](./03.md). AT: "the descendants of Heth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# my dead
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The nominal adjective "dead" can be stated as a verb or simply as "wife." AT: "my wife who has died" or "my wife" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-nominaladj]])
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# Ephron ... Zohar
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These are names of men. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# the cave of Machpelah, which he owns, which is at the end of his field
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"his cave that is at the end of his field in Machpelah"
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# the cave of Machpelah
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"the cave in Machpela." Machpela was the name of an area or region. Ephron owned a field in Machpela and the cave that was in the field. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# which he owns
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This tells something about the cave. Ephron owned the cave. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-distinguish]])
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# which is at the end of his field
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This also tells something about the cave. The cave was at the end of Ephron's field. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-distinguish]])
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# sell it to me publicly
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"sell it to me in front of you all" or "sell it to me in your presence"
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# as a property
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"as a piece of land that I may own and use"
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/abraham]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/bow]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/tomb]] |