en_tn/2sa/01/08.md

# He said to me, 'Who are you?' I answered him, 'I am an Amalekite.'

These direct quotations could be stated as indirect speech. AT: "He asked me who I was, and I told him that I am an Amalekite" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])

# I am an Amalekite

These are the same people David just finishing attacking in [2 Samuel 1:01](./01.md).

# great suffering has taken hold of me

Saul's suffering is spoken of as something terrible that has grabbed hold of him. AT: "I am suffering terribly" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])

# life is still in me

This idiom means he is still alive. AT: "I am still alive" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# he would not live after he had fallen

"he would die anyway"

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/amalekite]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/suffer]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/life]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/crown]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lord]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# He said to me, 'Who are you?' I answered him, 'I am an Amalekite.'`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`These direct quotations could be stated as indirect speech. AT: "He asked me who I was, and I told him that I am an Amalekite" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-quotations]])`

			`# I am an Amalekite`

			`These are the same people David just finishing attacking in [2 Samuel 1:01](./01.md).`

			`# great suffering has taken hold of me`

			`Saul's suffering is spoken of as something terrible that has grabbed hold of him. AT: "I am suffering terribly" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-personification]])`

			`# life is still in me`

			`This idiom means he is still alive. AT: "I am still alive" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])`

			`# he would not live after he had fallen`

added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`"he would die anyway"`

			`# translationWords`

Relinking after change of directories. 2017-08-30 21:09:31 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/amalekite]]`
Updated links to tWs that recently moved 2017-07-05 23:49:56 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/suffer]]`
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/life]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/crown]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lord]]`