richmahn_en_tn/1sa/24/16.md

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my son David

Saul speaks as if David were his son to show David that he loves him. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)

lifted up his voice and wept

The writer writes as if a voice were something a person could lift up with his hands. Alternate translation: "wept loudly" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)