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# Your servant used to keep his father's sheep
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David spoke of himself as "your servant" to show respect to Saul. See how you translated this in [1 Samuel 17:32](./31.md). AT: "I, your servant, used to keep my father's sheep" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-123person]])
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# used to keep his father's sheep
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"used to take care of his father's sheep"
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# a bear
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A bear is a large animal with thick fur and long claws and that walks on four legs but can stand on two legs as a person does.
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# chased after him and attacked him
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Here "him" refers to the lion or bear. Some languages would use the word "it" instead of "him."
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# rescued it out of his mouth
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Here "it" refers to the lamb.
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# he rose up against me
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Here "rose up against" is an idiom that refers to attacking. AT: "it attacked me" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
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# caught him by his beard
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The "beard" refers to the lion's mane or the hair on the bear's face.
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/david]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/saul]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/servant]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sheep]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/lion]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lamb]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/flock]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/raise]] |