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# He had traveled
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"Naaman had traveled"
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# Gehazi
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See how you translated this man's name in [2 Kings 4:12](../04/12.md). (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# Look
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This word is used here to draw someone's attention to what is said next. AT: "Listen"
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# has spared this Naaman the Aramean
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"has let Naaman the Aramean leave too easily"
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# by not receiving
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"by not accepting"
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# from his hands
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Here Naaman is referred to by his hands to emphasize the act of giving. AT: "from him" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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# As Yahweh lives
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"As surely as Yahweh lives." Here Gehazi compares the certainty that Yahweh is alive to the certainty of what he has decided to do. This is a way of making a solemn promise. AT: "As Yahweh lives, I promise" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])
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# of the sons of the prophets
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This does not mean that they were the sons of prophets, but rather, that they were a group of prophets. See how you translated this phrase in [2 Kings 2:3](../02/03.md). AT: "from among the prophets there" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of clothes
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Gehazi is asking Naaman to give these things to him so that he can take them and give them to the prophets. AT: "Please give me a talent of sliver and two changes of clothes to give to them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# See
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This word is used here to draw someone's attention to what is said next. AT: "Listen"
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# a talent of silver
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This can be written in modern measurements. AT: "33 kilograms of silver" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bweight]]) |