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# they attacked the city
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Here "city" represents the people. AT: "they attacked the people of the city" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# with the edge of the sword
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"with the point of the sword." Here "sword" represents the swords and other weapons that the soldiers used in battle. AT: "with their swords" or "with their weapons" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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# get away
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This is an idiom. AT: "escape" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# Luz
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This new town started in the land of the Hittites was named after the town of Luz, near Bethel, that the man had left.
# which is its name to this day
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"which is still its name." Here "to this day" refers to the time when the book of Judges was written.
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sword]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/family]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/hittite]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/name]]
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