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# have never been eloquent
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"have never been an excellent speaker"
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# I am slow of speech and slow of tongue
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The phrases "slow of speech" and "slow of tongue" mean basically the same thing. Moses uses them to emphasize that he is not a good speaker. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-doublet]])
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# slow of tongue
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Here "tongue" refers to Moses' ability to speak. AT: "unable to speak well" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# Who is it who made man's mouth?
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Yahweh uses this question to emphasize that he is the Creator who makes if possible for people to speak. AT: "I Yahweh am the one who created the human mouth and the ability to speak!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# Who makes a man mute or deaf or seeing or blind?
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Yahweh uses this question to emphasize that he is the one who decides if people can speak and hear, and if they can see. AT: "I Yahweh make people able to speak, or hear, or to see, or to be blind!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# Is it not I, Yahweh?
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Yahweh uses this question to emphasize that he alone makes these decisions. AT: "I, Yahweh, am the one who does this!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
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# I will be with your mouth
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Here "mouth" refers to Moses' ability to speak. AT: "I will give you the ability to speak" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/moses]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/yahweh]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lord]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/servant]] |