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OET (OET-LV) Hebraios they_are?
Also_I.
ones_from_Israaʸl/(Yisrāʼēl) they_are?
Also_I.
Descendants of_Abraʼam/(ʼAⱱrāhām) they_are?
Also_I.
OET (OET-RV) Are they Hebrews? I am too. Are they Israelis? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? Me also.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
Ἑβραῖοί εἰσιν? κἀγώ. Ἰσραηλεῖταί εἰσιν? κἀγώ. σπέρμα Ἀβραάμ εἰσιν? κἀγώ.
Hebrews ˱they˲_are also_I (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἑβραῖοί εἰσιν κἀγώ Ἰσραηλῖταί εἰσιν κἀγώ σπέρμα Ἀβραάμ εἰσιν κἀγώ)
Paul is using the question form to compare himself to what his opponents claim to be. If you would not use the question form for this purpose in your language, you could translate these questions as comparisons or statements. Alternate translation: “If they are Hebrews, I am also. If they are Israelites, I am also. If they are offspring of Abraham, I am also.” or “When they claim to be Hebrews, so do I. When they claim to be Israelites, so do I. When they claim to be offspring of Abraham, so do I.”
Note 2 topic: grammar-collectivenouns
σπέρμα Ἀβραάμ
descendants ˱of˲_Abraham
In this verse, the word offspring is singular in form, but it refers to many offspring as a group. If it would be helpful in your language, you could say this plainly. Alternate translation: “members of the offspring of Abraham” or “descended from Abraham”
11:22 Are they Hebrews? So am I: A Jewish heritage was seen by Paul’s opponents as a qualification for ministry (see Phil 3:5).
• Are they Israelites? So am I: An Israelite was a member of the covenant community by circumcision (cp. John 1:47; Rom 9:4). Paul had this badge also and was in fact a Pharisee, a most devoted follower of Torah (Acts 26:4-5; Rom 11:1; Phil 3:5-6).
• Are they descendants of Abraham? This is yet another of Paul’s opponents’ claims to God’s favor based on ethnic identity. Elsewhere, Paul clarifies who can truly be called Israelites and descendants of Abraham (see Rom 2:28-29; Gal 3:16, 26-29). Here, he ironically adopts the erroneous perspective of his opponents to beat them at their own game.
OET (OET-LV) Hebraios they_are?
Also_I.
ones_from_Israaʸl/(Yisrāʼēl) they_are?
Also_I.
Descendants of_Abraʼam/(ʼAⱱrāhām) they_are?
Also_I.
OET (OET-RV) Are they Hebrews? I am too. Are they Israelis? So am I. Are they descendants of Abraham? Me also.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.