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## The king does not desire any dowry, only one hundred foreskins ##
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AT: "The king does not desire any bride price; he desires only that you bring to him 100 foreskins" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-ellipsis]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-numbers]])
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## foreskins ##
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The word "foreskin" refers to the fold of skin on a man's private parts that is removed during circumcision.
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## to be avenged from the king’s enemies ##
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AT: "to get revenge on the king's enemies" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]])
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## to make David fall by the hand of the Philistines ##
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Here "fall" means to die. AT: "to have the Philistines kill David" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-euphemism]], [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]], and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-activepassive]]) |