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30 lines
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# the fourth seal
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"the next seal" or "seal number four" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])
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# the fourth living creature
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"the next living creature" or "living creature number four" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-ordinal]])
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# pale
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"grey." This is the color of a dead body, so its color is a symbol of death.
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# one-fourth of the earth
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Here "the earth" represents the people of the earth. AT: "one-fourth of the people on the earth" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-fraction]])
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# the sword
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A sword is a weapon, and here it represents war. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
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# with the wild animals of the earth
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This means that Death and Hades would cause the wild animals to attack and kill people.
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/name]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/hades]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/famine]] |