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# made ... work rigorously

"made ... work very hard" or "harshly made ... work"

# made their lives bitter

The difficult lives of the Israelites are spoken of as if they were bitter food that was difficult to eat. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# mortar

This was a wet glue or mud put between bricks or stones that held them together when it dried.

# All their required work was hard

"The Egyptians made them work very hard" or "The Egyptians forced them to work very hard"
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# made ... work rigorously`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`"made ... work very hard" or "harshly made ... work"`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# made their lives bitter`
Initial commit of translationNotes 2016-02-23 02:42:46 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`The difficult lives of the Israelites are spoken of as if they were bitter food that was difficult to eat. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# mortar`
added v1 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:45:09 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`This was a wet glue or mud put between bricks or stones that held them together when it dried.`

			`# All their required work was hard`

			`"The Egyptians made them work very hard" or "The Egyptians forced them to work very hard"`