unfoldingWord_en_tn/psa/022/021.md

# lion's mouth ... horns of the wild oxen

The writer speaks about his enemies as if they were lions and wild oxen to emphasize how dangerous his enemies are. Also, the mouth and horns stand for the animals as a whole in a synecdoche. The writer emphasizes these parts of the animals because they are what the animals would use to kill someone. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])

# wild oxen

The word "wild" here means that no one has captured and tamed the animal.
Deleted snippet portion pertaining to earlier notes page. 2018-02-14 21:10:47 +00:00			`# lion's mouth ... horns of the wild oxen`
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Deleted snippet portion pertaining to earlier notes page. 2018-02-14 21:10:47 +00:00			`The writer speaks about his enemies as if they were lions and wild oxen to emphasize how dangerous his enemies are. Also, the mouth and horns stand for the animals as a whole in a synecdoche. The writer emphasizes these parts of the animals because they are what the animals would use to kill someone. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])`
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Deleted snippet portion pertaining to earlier notes page. 2018-02-14 21:10:47 +00:00			`# wild oxen`
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			`The word "wild" here means that no one has captured and tamed the animal.`