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27 lines
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# I, Deborah, arose, arose as a mother in Israel
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This speaks of Deborah's leadership as if she were the mother of the Israelites. AT: "I took care of the Israelites like a mother takes care of her children" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# they chose new gods
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The full meaning of this statement can be made explicit. AT: "the people of Israel worshiped new gods" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# there was fighting at the city gates
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Here "gates" represents the entire city. The full meaning of this statement can be made explicit. AT: "enemies attacked the people within the Israelite cities" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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# there were no shields or spears seen among forty thousand in Israel
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This statement is probably an exaggeration about how few weapons the Israelites had. AT: "few weapons for battle remained in Israel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-hyperbole]])
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# forty thousand in Israel
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"40,000 in Israel" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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# translationWords
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/israel]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/falsegod]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/gate]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/shield]]
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* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/spear]] |