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## bread ##
This may have referred to food in general (as in the UDB) or specifically to bread.
## a skin of water ##
"a bag of water." The water container was made out of animal skin.
## When the water in the waterskin was gone ##
This can be translated as "when the water bag was empty"
## about the distance of a bowshot away ##
This refers to the distance that a person could shoot an arrow with a bow. This is about 100 meters.
## Let me not look upon the death of the child ##
"I do not want to watch the boy die"
## she lifted up her voice and wept ##
"she cried out loudly and wept" or "she wept loudly"