OET interlinear MARK 14:5

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

γὰρ

for

Here, the word For introduces a reason why these people say that the woman wasted the perfume. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces a reason or basis for a claim, or you could leave For untranslated. Alternate translation: “We say that because” or “As a matter of fact,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ἠδύνατο & τοῦτο τὸ μύρον πραθῆναι ἐπάνω δηναρίων τριακοσίων, καὶ δοθῆναι

/was/_able & this ¬the ointment /to_be/_sold ˱for˲_over denarii three_hundred and /to_be/_given

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. If you need to say who would have done the action, it is clear from the context that would have been the woman. Alternate translation: “she was able to sell this perfumed oil for more than 300 denarii and give it”

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

τὸ μύρον

¬the ointment

See how you translated the phrase perfumed oil in 14:3. Alternate translation: “oil with perfume in it”

Note 4 topic: translate-bmoney

ἐπάνω δηναρίων τριακοσίων

˱for˲_over denarii three_hundred

The word denarii refers to silver coins, each equivalent to about one day’s wage for a hired worker. You could try to express this amount in terms of current monetary values, but that might cause your Bible translation to become outdated and inaccurate, since those values can change over time. So instead you might state something more general or give the equivalent in wages. See how you translated denarii in 6:37. Alternate translation: “for more than 300 silver coins” or “more than 300 days’ wages”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐπάνω δηναρίων τριακοσίων, καὶ δοθῆναι

˱for˲_over denarii three_hundred and /to_be/_given

Here these people imply that the perfumed oil could have been sold for more than 300 denarii, and this money is what would been given to the poor. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “for more than 300 denarii, which could have been given”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

τοῖς πτωχοῖς

˱to˲_the poor

These people are using the adjective poor as a noun to mean poor people. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: “to people who are poor”

καὶ ἐνεβριμῶντο αὐτῇ

and and ˱they˲_/were/_admonishing ˱to˲_her

Alternate translation: “And they were criticizing her harshly because of what she had done”