bowshot

noun명사

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   화살 사거리, 활 쏘는 거리 — bowshot은 활을 쏘아 화살이 날아갈 정도의 거리를 뜻한다. 창세기 21:16에서는 하갈이 아이에게서 떨어져 앉은 거리를 나타낸다.

   the distance an arrow can be shot

   • Then she went and sat down opposite him a good way off, about the distance of a bowshot, for she said, “Let me not look on the death of the child.” And as she sat opposite him, she lifted up her voice and wept.

   • Then she went off and sat down about a bowshot away, for she thought, "I cannot watch the boy die." And as she sat there, she began to sob.