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23 lines
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## if … if … then ##
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These two verses present an if-then construction.
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## set aside your money ##
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Implied here is that your promise and the circumstances forced you to save up. AT: "had to save up some of your money" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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## a guarantee for your neighbor's loan ##
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Possible meanings are 1) your neighbor may come to you to ask for a loan 2) your neighbor wants to take out a loan from someone else, but you promise to pay the lender back if your neighbor cannot.
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## neighbor ##
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this same Hebrew word can also mean "friend"
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## you have laid a trap for yourself ##
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AT: "you have made a trap in which you yourself are caught" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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## the words of your mouth ##
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AT: "what you said" or "what you promised to do" |