# the creditor

someone who lends money to another person but expects that the person will pay the money back

# plunder

steal by force

# May his children be cut off; may their name be blotted out

These two phrases have similar meanings and emphasize his children being destroyed. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

# May his children be cut off

This can be stated in active form. AT: "Cause his children to be cut off" or "Cause his children to die" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# may their name be blotted out in the next generation

Here the idea of there being no one to carry on the family name is spoke of as "their name being blotted out." AT: "may there be no one to carry on his name" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/cutoff]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/name]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/blotout]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/generation]]