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# your eyes have seen
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Here "your eyes" represent King Saul. AT: "you have seen with your own eyes" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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# put you into my hand
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The word "hand" is a metonym for control. AT: "put you where I could kill you or allow you to live" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# my father
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Saul was not David's real father. David calls him "father" to show that he respects Saul.
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# there is no evil or treason in my hand
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David speaks as if evil and treason were physical objects he could hold in his hand. Here "hand" represents a person acting or doing something. AT: "I have done no evil deed against you, nor have I rebelled against you" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]]) |