From 2cae869dc5c31336712931acd1088b8a63ce3eb1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Obiwon Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2024 17:56:36 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update '2sa/09/08.md' --- 2sa/09/08.md | 7 +------ 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 6 deletions(-) diff --git a/2sa/09/08.md b/2sa/09/08.md index 39de562e7f..99f2f4fe78 100644 --- a/2sa/09/08.md +++ b/2sa/09/08.md @@ -1,8 +1,3 @@ # What is your servant, that you should look with favor on such a dead dog as I am? -This rhetorical question shows that Mephibosheth understands that he is not important enough for the king to take care of him. This can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "I am like a dead dog. I do not deserve for you to be kind to me." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]]) - -# such a dead dog - -Here Mephibosheth represents the line of Saul, and he compares himself to a "dead dog." Dogs were feral animals, not cared for, and of little importance. A dead dog would be considered even less important. Alternate translation: "such a person like me who is worthless as a dead dog" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) - +"I am like a dead dog. I do not deserve for you to be kind to me."