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## How have I sinned...for him to kill me? ##
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AT: "It is as if I had wronged you...for him to kill me." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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## give your servant into the hand of Ahab ##
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"deliver your servant to Ahab" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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## servant ##
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Obadiah refers to himself as Elijah's servant in order to honor Elijah.
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## As Yahweh your God lives ##
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This is an oath used to emphasize that what he is saying is true.
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## there is no nation...where my master has not sent men ##
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AT: "my master has sent men everywhere" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublenegatives]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])
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## Yet now ##
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This phrase is used to emphasize the danger in what Elijah is telling Obadiah to do.
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