en_tn/deu/32/27.md

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# General Information:
Moses speaks a poetic song to the people of Israel. He continues to quote Yahweh's words. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])
# Were it not that I feared the provocation of the enemy
"I was afraid of the provocation of the enemy"
# the provocation of the enemy
This abstract noun can be translated as a verb. AT: "that the enemy would provoke me" or "that the enemy would cause me to be angry" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-abstractnouns]])
# the enemy
Yahweh speaks of his enemies as if they are one man. AT: "my enemy" or "my enemies" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-pronouns]])
# judge mistakenly
"misunderstand"
# Our hand is exalted
Here "hand" represents the strength or power of a person. To be exalted is an idiom for defeating an enemy. AT: "We have defeated them because we are more powerful" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/fear]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/adversary]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/judge]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/hand]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/exalt]]