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# Ephrath
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This is another name for the town of Bethlehem.
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# She had hard labor
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"She was having a very difficult time giving birth to the child"
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# While she was in hardest labor
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"When the labor pain was at its worst"
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# midwife
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a person who helps a woman when she is giving birth to a child
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# As she was dying, with her dying breath
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A "dying breath" is a person's last breath before he or she dies. AT: "Just before she died, as she was taking her last breath" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# Ben-Oni
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Translator may add a footnote that says "The name Ben-Oni means 'son of my sorrow.'" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])
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# Benjamin
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Translator may add a footnote that says "The name Benjamin means 'son of the right hand.'" The phrase "right hand" indicates a place of special favor.
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# was buried
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "they buried her" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# on the way
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"alongside the road"
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# It is the marker of Rachel's grave to this day
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"It marks Rachel's grave still to this day"
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# to this day
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"up to the present time." This means to the time that the author was writing this. |