# Why were you not afraid to kill Yahweh's anointed ... hand?
This rhetorical question is used to rebuke the man. It can be translated as a statement. AT: "You should have feared Yahweh and not killed his anointed ... hand!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])
# Yahweh's anointed king
This refers to Saul.
# with your own hand
This phrase refers to doing something yourself. AT: "yourself" or "personally" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])
# struck him down
This idiom means "killed him." (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])
# Your blood is on your head
Here "blood" is a metonym that implies "shed blood" and is associated with death. Here "your head" is a synecdoche referring to the man and means that he is responsible. AT: "You are responsible for your own death" or "You have caused your own death" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
# your own mouth has testified against you
Here "your own mouth" refers to the man himself. AT: "you have testified against yourself" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])
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