RobH_en_tn/deu/01/28.md

# Where can we go now?

Here this question emphasizes how afraid they were. This rhetorical question can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "We have nowhere to go." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# made our heart to melt

This means that they became afraid. Alternate translation: "made us very afraid" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# are fortified up to the heavens

This is an exaggeration that emphasizes how frightened the people were because the cities were so large and strong. Alternate translation: "have walls so high it is like they reach up to the heavens" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])

# sons of the Anakim

These are descendants of the Anak people who were very large and fierce. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])