unfoldingWord_en_tn/jdg/08/10.md

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Now

This word is used here to mark a break in the storyline. Here the narrator starts to tell a new part of the story.

Zebah and Zalmunna

See how you translated these names in Judges 8:5.

Karkor

This is the name of a city. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)

fifteen thousand men

"15,000 men" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers)

had fallen

This is a polite way of referring to people who died in battle. AT: "had been killed" or "had died in battle" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism)

120,000 men

"one hundred thousand men" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers)

men who were trained to fight with the sword

This is a way of referring to soldiers. AT: "soldiers" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)

with the sword

Here "sword" represents the swords and other weapons that soldiers used in battle. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche)