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 # the city of Jerusalem and took it
 
-Here "city" represents the people. Alternate translation: "the people who lived in Jerusalem and defeated them" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
+"the people who lived in Jerusalem and defeated them" 
 
 # They attacked it
 
-Here "it" refers to the city which represents the people of the city. Alternate translation: "They attacked the people of the city" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]])
+"They attacked the people of the city"
 
 # with the edge of the sword
 
-"with the point of the sword." Here "sword" represents the swords and other weapons that the soldiers used in battle. Alternate translation: "with their swords" or "with their weapons" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-synecdoche]])
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+"with their swords" or "with their weapons" 
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