uW Translation Notes:

General Information:

These are Yahweh’s words about Egypt.

Note 1 topic: translate-names

(Occurrence 0) Heliopolis and Bubastis

(Some words not found in UHB: young_men_of On and,Pi- -beseth in/on/at/with,sword fall and,those in/on/at/with,captivity go )

These were cities in northern Egypt.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) will fall by the sword

(Some words not found in UHB: young_men_of On and,Pi- -beseth in/on/at/with,sword fall and,those in/on/at/with,captivity go )

The word “sword” is used here to refer to a battle or war. Alternate translation: “will die in battle” or “will die in the war”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

(Occurrence 0) their cities will go into captivity

(Some words not found in UHB: young_men_of On and,Pi- -beseth in/on/at/with,sword fall and,those in/on/at/with,captivity go )

Here “cities” represents the people of the cities. If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea behind the word captivity, you can express the same idea the more concrete noun “captive” or the verb “capture” Alternate translation: “the people of their cities will become captives” or “their enemies will capture their people and take them away”