OET interlinear HEB 6:13

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

γὰρ

for

Here, the word For introduces more explanation about the “promises” that the author mentioned in the previous verse (6:21). If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word that introduces explanation, or you could leave For untranslated. Alternate translation: “In fact,” or “Now I will tell you more about these promises:”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / extrainfo

ἐπαγγειλάμενος

/having/_promised

Here the author does not clarify what God promised to Abraham because he quotes the promise itself in the following verse (6:14). If possible, leave what God promised vague or unclear in this verse. Alternate translation: “having made a promise”

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-time-simultaneous

ἐπαγγειλάμενος

/having/_promised

Here, the words having promised refer to something that takes place at the same time as when God swore by himself. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make the relationship between these two actions more explicit. Alternate translation: “at the time when he promised”

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

εἶχεν

˱he˲_/was/_having

Here, the word he refers back to God, not to Abraham. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make explicit that the pronoun refers to God. Alternate translation: “God had”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐπεὶ κατ’ οὐδενὸς εἶχεν μείζονος ὀμόσαι, ὤμοσεν καθ’ ἑαυτοῦ

because by no_one ˱he˲_/was/_having greater /to/_swear ˱he˲_swore by himself

In the author’s culture, people often swore by someone else. The other person needed to be someone important and powerful enough to guarantee or enforce what the person who swore promised to do. Often people would swear by God, since he always is important and powerful enough to guarantee or enforce what was sworn. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make the practice of “swearing by” someone more explicit. Alternate translation: “since he wanted to guarantee that promise by swearing by someone greater, swore by himself (since there is no one greater than him)”