en_tn/1ki/17/19.md

# where he was staying

Here "he" refers to Elijah.

# on his own bed

Here "his" refers to Elijah.

# have you also brought disaster on the widow with whom I am staying, by killing her son?

Possible meanings are 1) Elijah is truly asking a question. AT: "why would you cause the widow with whom I am staying to suffer even more by killing her son" or 2) Elijah uses a question to express how sad he is. AT: "surely, you would not cause the widow with whom I am staying to suffer even more by killing her son" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# have you also brought disaster on the widow

Causing the widow to suffer is spoken of as if "disaster" were an object that is placed on the widow. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])

# also brought disaster

Here "also" means in addition to the disaster that the drought has caused.

# stretched himself on the child

This is an idiom. AT: "lay on top of the child" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# where he was staying`
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initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Here "he" refers to Elijah.`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`# on his own bed`
added v2 tn converted to an rc 2017-06-21 20:47:54 +00:00
initial v6 rc conversion 2017-06-21 20:50:04 +00:00			`Here "his" refers to Elijah.`

			`# have you also brought disaster on the widow with whom I am staying, by killing her son?`

			`Possible meanings are 1) Elijah is truly asking a question. AT: "why would you cause the widow with whom I am staying to suffer even more by killing her son" or 2) Elijah uses a question to express how sad he is. AT: "surely, you would not cause the widow with whom I am staying to suffer even more by killing her son" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])`

			`# have you also brought disaster on the widow`

			`Causing the widow to suffer is spoken of as if "disaster" were an object that is placed on the widow. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])`

			`# also brought disaster`

			`Here "also" means in addition to the disaster that the drought has caused.`

			`# stretched himself on the child`

			`This is an idiom. AT: "lay on top of the child" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])`