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Ben Hadad
The name of the king of Aram. His name means "son of Hadad." (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
attacked Samaria
The king and his army attacked Samaria. AT: "they attacked Samaria" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)
Behold
The word "behold" here alerts us to pay attention to the surprising information that follows.
a donkey's head was sold for
This can be stated in active form. AT: "a donkey's head cost" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive)
eighty pieces of silver
"80 pieces of silver" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers)
the fourth part of a kab
This can be written in modern measurements. AT: "a fourth part of a liter" or "a quarter of a liter" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-bvolume)
the fourth part
This is one part out of four equal parts. AT: "one fourth" or "a quarter" or "1/4" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-fraction)
dove's dung for
The words "was sold for" are understood from the previous phrase. They can be repeated here. AT: "dove's dung was sold for" or "dove's dung cost" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis)
was passing by on the wall
"walking on top of the city wall"
my master
The woman referred to the king by this name to show him respect.
translationWords
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/king
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/aram
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/samaria
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/famine
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/donkey
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/silver
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/dove
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/dung
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/names/kingdomofisrael
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lord