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# the earth, out of which comes bread
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Here "bread" represents food in general. Food coming out of the ground is a metaphor for food growing out of the ground. AT: "the earth, where food grows" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# it is turned up below as if by fire
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Possible meanings are that 1) people made fires under the ground to break apart the rock. AT: "it is broken up below by the fires that the miners make" or 2) "turned" is a metaphor for changed. AT: "it is broken up below so much that it appears that it was destroyed by fire"
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# it is turned ... Its stones ... its dust
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The word "it" refers to the earth.
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# sapphires
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a rare and valuable blue gemstone
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/earth]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/bread]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/fire]] |