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OET (OET-LV) speaking to_themselves in psalms, and hymns, and songs spiritual, singing and singing_praises in_the heart of_you_all to_the master,
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / merism
ψαλμοῖς, καὶ ὕμνοις, καὶ ᾠδαῖς πνευματικαῖς
psalms and hymns and songs spiritual
This could mean: (1) Paul is using these words as a merism for “all sorts of songs to praise God” (2) Paul is listing specific forms of music.
ψαλμοῖς
psalms
These psalms are probably songs from the Old Testament book of Psalms that Christians sang.
ὕμνοις
hymns
These hymns are songs of praise and worship that may have been written specifically for Christians to sing.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet
ᾠδαῖς πνευματικαῖς
songs spiritual
This could mean: (1) these are songs that the Holy Spirit inspires a person to sing right at that moment (2) spiritual songs and “hymns” form a doublet. They mean basically the same thing, and you could use one word for these instead of two.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
τῇ καρδίᾳ ὑμῶν
˱in˲_the heart ˱of˲_you_all
Here, heart is a metonym for a person’s thoughts or inner being. This could mean: (1) they should do this with true motives and sincerity. Alternate translation: “from deep within your being” or “sincerely” (2) they should do this with enthusiasm: Alternate translation: “with all of your being” or “enthusiastically” See the UST.
5:19-20 Lives filled with the Holy Spirit will be expressed in singing . . . and making music (Col 3:16-17). Joyful praise, worship, and giving thanks are fitting responses to God’s saving grace.
• among yourselves: Singing together builds up the body of Christ.
• The Lord hears the music in our hearts.
• in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ: Jesus Christ is our mediator and representative as we approach God (cp. John 14:13-14; 16:23-27; Rev 22:4).
OET (OET-LV) speaking to_themselves in psalms, and hymns, and songs spiritual, singing and singing_praises in_the heart of_you_all to_the master,
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.