OET interlinear MARK 9:26

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

πολλὰ σπαράξας, αὐτόν

much /having/_convulsed (Some words not found in SR-GNT: καὶ κράξας καὶ πολλὰ σπαράξας ἐξῆλθεν καὶ ἐγένετο ὡσεὶ νεκρὸς ὥστε τοὺς πολλοὺς λέγειν ὅτι ἀπέθανεν)

Here Mark is referring to a fit or seizure in which a person cannot control his or her body, which shakes violently. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. See how you translated the similar phrase in 9:20. Alternate translation: “having caused him to have a powerful seizure”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ἐξῆλθεν

˱it˲_came_out

Here Mark means that the demon stopped possessing or controlling the boy. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “it no longer controlled him” or “it ceased possessing him”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / go

ἐξῆλθεν

˱it˲_came_out

In a context such as this, your language might say “went” instead of came. Alternate translation: “it went out”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

ἐγένετο ὡσεὶ νεκρὸς

˱he˲_became as_if dead

Mark is saying that the boy was like a dead person because he was lying so still and quietly. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state that explicitly. Alternate translation: “he became so quiet and still that he was like a dead person” or “he lay completely still on the ground, like a dead person”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

τοὺς πολλοὺς

¬the many

Mark is using the adjective many as a noun to mean many people. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: “many of the people there”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

λέγειν ὅτι ἀπέθανεν

/to_be/_saying that ˱he˲_died_off

It may be more natural in your language to have an indirect quotation here. Alternate translation: “said that he had died”