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# As Yahweh your God lives
This phrase is an oath to emphasize that what she will say is true.
# only a handful of meal
"only a little bit of meal"
# meal
"flour." This what is used to make bread.
# See, I
"Let me tell you what I am doing: I"
# two sticks
This may refer to two sticks or to only a few sticks. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
# that we may eat it, and die
It is implied that they will die because they do not have anymore food. Alternate translation: "that we may eat. Afterwards, we will starve to death" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit]])
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