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## Call to mind ##
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AT: “remember” (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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## before the silver cord is cut...or the water wheel is broken at the well ##
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The writer compares death to various broken items. Death will break the body just as suddenly as people accidentally break these items while they are using them. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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## the silver cord is cut ##
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AT: "someone cuts the silver cord" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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## the golden bowl is crushed ##
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AT: "someone crushes the golden bowl" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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## the pitcher is shattered ##
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AT: "someone shatters the pitcher " (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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## the water wheel is broken ##
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AT: "someone breaks the the water wheel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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## dust returns to the earth ##
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Here the word "dust" refers to the human body that has decomposed. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]]) |