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the whole clan
"my entire family"
your servant
To show respect for the king the woman refers to herself as "your servant."
put him to death
"kill him"
they would also destroy the heir
"if they did this, they would be destroying our family's heir"
Thus they will put out the burning coal that I have left
"In this way they will kill the only child I have left"
neither name nor descendant
"no son to preserve our family's name"
on the surface of the earth
"on the earth." This descriptive phrase emphasizes that the family line would not continue on earth after the husband died. "The surface of the earth" refers to the ground on which people walk.