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# General Information:
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The writer speaks as a father teaching his child using poetry. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]])
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# do not forget my teaching
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The word "teaching" can be translated as a verb. Alternate translation: "do not forget what I have taught you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])
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# keep my commandments in your heart
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This phrase says in positive terms what the previous phrase says in negative terms. Here the word "heart" represents the mind. The word "commandments" can be translated as a verb. Alternate translation: "always remember what I have commanded you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-parallelism]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-abstractnouns]])
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