unfoldingWord_en_tn/1sa/21/08.md

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Now is there not here on hand any spear or sword?

Here "on hand" is a metonym meaning "available." See how you translated this in 1 Samuel 21:3. Alternate translation: "Do you have a spear or sword that you can give me?" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)

weapons

a general name for such things as swords, knives, bows and arrows, and spears