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# the second day after
The word "second" is the ordinal form of the number 2. Possible meanings are 1) "the day after" or 2) "two days after" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])
# eighty men
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"80 men" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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# who had shaved their beard, torn their clothes, and cut themselves
These are symbolic actions that show that the men are mourning. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction]])
# in their hands
Having things in the hands here is probably a metaphor for carrying those things or having them in their possession. AT: "in their possession" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
# to go to Yahweh's house
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"to go worship Yahweh at his temple"