The writer was as sad as if his own brother had died. Alternate translation: "grieving as if my own brother was ill" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])
The writer mourned as if his own mother had died. Alternate translation: "I mourned as if my own mother had died" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-simile]])