RobH_en_tn/pro/04/20.md

# pay attention

"listen carefully"

# incline your ear to my sayings

Here the word "ear" represents the person who is listening. The writer speaks of listening attentively to someone as if it were leaning forward so that the ear is closer to the one speaking. The word "sayings" can be translated as a verb. AT: "listen attentively to the things that I am saying" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])

# Do not let them turn away from your eyes

The writer speaks of always thinking about something as if it were keeping it where one can see it. AT: "Do not stop thinking about them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# keep them in your heart

The writer speaks of remembering something as if it were keeping it within one's heart. AT: "always remember them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/word]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heart]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# pay attention`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"listen carefully"`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# incline your ear to my sayings`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Here the word "ear" represents the person who is listening. The writer speaks of listening attentively to someone as if it were leaning forward so that the ear is closer to the one speaking. The word "sayings" can be translated as a verb. AT: "listen attentively to the things that I am saying" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])`

			`# Do not let them turn away from your eyes`

			`The writer speaks of always thinking about something as if it were keeping it where one can see it. AT: "Do not stop thinking about them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`

			`# keep them in your heart`

added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`The writer speaks of remembering something as if it were keeping it within one's heart. AT: "always remember them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`

			`# translationWords`

Updated links to tWs that recently moved 2017-07-05 23:49:56 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/word]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/heart]]`