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# Save yourself like a gazelle from the hand of the hunter
"Escape from your neighbor like a gazelle that flees from a hunter"
# gazelle
This is a big, lean animal that eats grass and that people often hunt for meat. It is famous for running away quickly.
# from the hand of the hunter
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The hand of the hunter refers to the hunter's control. Alternate translation: "from the control of the hunter" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
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# like a bird from the hand of the fowler
"and escape like a bird that flies away from a bird-hunter"