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# Connecting Statement:
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Meremoth continues to answer the king.
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# If it pleases the king ... from him ... before him ... Let the king ... the king's decree ... his vast kingdom
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Meremoth speaks to the king in third person as a form of respect. AT: If it pleases your Majesty ... from you ... before you ... Please ... your decree ... your vast kingdom" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])
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# which cannot be repealed
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "which no one can change" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# When the king's decree is proclaimed
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This can be stated in active form. AT: "When they hear the king's decree" or "When they hear what you have commanded" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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# vast
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very wide
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# from the greatest to the least significant
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This is a merism that refers to both extremes and everyone in between. This probably refers to the husbands, but it is possible that it refers to the wives. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/royal]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/decree]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/written]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/law]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/persia]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/mede]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/vashti]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/proclaim]] |