unfoldingWord_en_tn/1ki/12/18.md

# Adoniram

This is the name of a man. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# all Israel

Here "Israel" is a metonym for the people of Israel. "All Israel" is a generalization which means almost all the people of Israel. AT: "all the people of Israel who were there" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])

# the house of David

Here "house" is a metonym that represents family or descendants. AT: "the kings descended from David" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# to this day

"ever since that time." This refers to the time that the writer was actually writing this.
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Adoniram`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This is the name of a man. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# all Israel`
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 "Israel" is a metonym for the people of Israel. "All Israel" is a generalization which means almost all the people of Israel. AT: "all the people of Israel who were there" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])`

			`# the house of David`

			`Here "house" is a metonym that represents family or descendants. AT: "the kings descended from David" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])`

			`# to this day`

			`"ever since that time." This refers to the time that the writer was actually writing this.`