From c4e99324ea5d71a118d11c8e88877560d14578a8 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: PaulDeYoung Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2023 21:26:57 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Update 'num/23/10.md' --- num/23/10.md | 6 +++--- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/num/23/10.md b/num/23/10.md index 9424ae88a7..13d1bf16a8 100644 --- a/num/23/10.md +++ b/num/23/10.md @@ -1,12 +1,12 @@ # Who can count the dust of Jacob or number even only one-fourth of Israel? -Here "dust of Jacob" is a metaphor that speaks of the number of Israelites as if they were as numerous as the specks of dust. This rhetorical question can be translated as a statement. Alternate translation: "There are too many Israelites to count. No one could count even a fourth of them because there are so many." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-rquestion]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]]) +"There are too many Israelites to count. No one could count even a fourth of them because there are so many." # the death of a righteous person -It is understood that this will be a peaceful death. This can be stated. Alternate translation: "the peaceful death of a righteous person" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit]]) +"the peaceful death of a righteous person" # a righteous person ... like his -These are metonymies that refer to the people of Israel as a single person. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metonymy]]) +These refer to the people of Israel as a single person.