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# a young man was with him
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Here "him" refers to Jonathan.
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# he shot an arrow beyond him
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"Jonathan shot an arrow beyond the young man"
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# Is not the arrow beyond you?
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Jonathan uses this question to emphasize that the arrow is farther ahead of the young man. The uses of litotes also emphasizes this. The rhetorical question can be translated as a statement. AT: "You should know that the arrow is beyond you." or "The arrow is far beyond you." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-litotes]])