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People tagged in the matching LV passage: Lot
Places tagged in the matching LV passage: Sodom
OET-LV And_ the_two_of the_messengers _they_came towards_Sedom in_evening and_Lōţ was_sitting in_the_gate_of Şədom and_ Lōţ _he/it_saw and_he/it_rose_up to_meet_them and_he_bowed_down face ground_to_the.
OET (OET-RV) So the two messengers arrived at Sedom in the evening, and Lot was sitting at the city gate. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and knelt down in front of them with his face to the ground.
וַ֠יָּבֹאוּ שְׁנֵ֨י הַמַּלְאָכִ֤ים סְדֹ֨מָה֙ בָּעֶ֔רֶב
(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_came two_of the,angels towards=Sedom in,evening and=Lōţ was_sitting in,the_gate_of Şədom and=he/it_saw Lōţ and=he/it_rose_up to,meet,them and,he_bowed_down face ground,to_[the] )
See how you translated angel in Genesis 16:7–11.
בְּשַֽׁעַר־סְדֹ֑ם
(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_came two_of the,angels towards=Sedom in,evening and=Lōţ was_sitting in,the_gate_of Şədom and=he/it_saw Lōţ and=he/it_rose_up to,meet,them and,he_bowed_down face ground,to_[the] )
Cities like Sodom had stone walls built around them, with entrance gates (that were closed at night) to protect the people in the city from enemies. Alternate translation: [by the gate of the city] or [at the city gate]
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / youdual
וַיַּרְא־לוֹט֙ וַיָּ֣קָם
(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_came two_of the,angels towards=Sedom in,evening and=Lōţ was_sitting in,the_gate_of Şədom and=he/it_saw Lōţ and=he/it_rose_up to,meet,them and,he_bowed_down face ground,to_[the] )
Some languages have a special dual pronoun that can be used throughout verses 1–19 to refer to the two angels. Alternate translation: [When Lot saw them, he got up]
לִקְרָאתָ֔ם
to,meet,them
Alternate translation: [to greet them]
Note 2 topic: translate-symaction
וַיִּשְׁתַּ֥חוּ אַפַּ֖יִם אָֽרְצָה
(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_came two_of the,angels towards=Sedom in,evening and=Lōţ was_sitting in,the_gate_of Şədom and=he/it_saw Lōţ and=he/it_rose_up to,meet,them and,he_bowed_down face ground,to_[the] )
See how you translated a similar phrase in Genesis 18:2. Alternate translation: [and then bowed before them with his forehead to the ground to show respect] or [and then kneeled in front of them and bowed his forehead to the ground to show them respect]
OET-LV And_ the_two_of the_messengers _they_came towards_Sedom in_evening and_Lōţ was_sitting in_the_gate_of Şədom and_ Lōţ _he/it_saw and_he/it_rose_up to_meet_them and_he_bowed_down face ground_to_the.
OET (OET-RV) So the two messengers arrived at Sedom in the evening, and Lot was sitting at the city gate. When Lot saw them, he got up to meet them and knelt down in front of them with his face to the ground.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.
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