en_tn/ezk/21/14.md

# Connecting Statement:

Yahweh continues to describe the sword of Yahweh which is a metaphor for the enemy army that Yahweh will use to attack Jerusalem. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# hit your two hands together

This means for him to clap his hands as a sign of his grief. AT: "clap your hands to show that you are very sad" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction]])

# even a third time

This is an idiom that means multiple times. AT: "again and again" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# A sword for the ones to be slaughtered

This can be stated in active form. AT: "It is a sword for slaughtering people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# It is a sword for the many to be slaughtered

This can be stated in active form. AT: "It is a sword for slaughtering many people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])

# piercing them everywhere

"attacking them from every side." Some Bibles translate this as "which enters into their rooms." This means no matter where they hide, the sword will kill them.

# piercing them

The word "them" refers to the people of Jerusalem and of the land of Israel.

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sonofman]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sword]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/slaughter]]
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# Connecting Statement:`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Yahweh continues to describe the sword of Yahweh which is a metaphor for the enemy army that Yahweh will use to attack Jerusalem. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# hit your two hands together`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This means for him to clap his hands as a sign of his grief. AT: "clap your hands to show that you are very sad" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-symaction]])`

			`# even a third time`

Removed number abbreviations (1st, 2nd, etc) 2017-09-06 18:02:55 +00:00			`This is an idiom that means multiple times. AT: "again and again" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])`
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00
			`# A sword for the ones to be slaughtered`

			`This can be stated in active form. AT: "It is a sword for slaughtering people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])`

			`# It is a sword for the many to be slaughtered`

			`This can be stated in active form. AT: "It is a sword for slaughtering many people" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])`

			`# piercing them everywhere`

			`"attacking them from every side." Some Bibles translate this as "which enters into their rooms." This means no matter where they hide, the sword will kill them.`

			`# piercing them`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
added tw to notes 2017-06-24 00:15:21 +00:00			`The word "them" refers to the people of Jerusalem and of the land of Israel.`

			`# translationWords`

			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/sonofman]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sword]]`
			`* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/slaughter]]`