OET interlinear GEN 19:34

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-newevent

וַֽ⁠יְהִי֙ מִֽ⁠מָּחֳרָ֔ת

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was from_[the],next_day and=she/it_said the,firstborn to/towards the,young if lay_~_with last_night DOM father_of,my let,us_make_him_drink wine also/yet the=night and,go lie with=him/it so,that_we_may_preserve_alive from,father_of,our seed )

The author is using the word translated as And it happened to introduce a new development in the story. Use a word, phrase, or other method in your language that is natural for introducing a new development. Alternate translation: [The following day, it happened]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

הַ⁠צְּעִירָ֔ה

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was from_[the],next_day and=she/it_said the,firstborn to/towards the,young if lay_~_with last_night DOM father_of,my let,us_make_him_drink wine also/yet the=night and,go lie with=him/it so,that_we_may_preserve_alive from,father_of,our seed )

The author is using the adjective younger as a noun to mean a certain person. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this adjective with an equivalent phrase. See how you translated this phrase in [verse 31](../19/31.md). Alternate translation: [his secondborn] or [her younger sister] or [her sister]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

הֵן & אֶ֖מֶשׁ

if & last_night

For some languages it may be more natural to put this time phrase (last night) last in this sentence.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism

שָׁכַ֥בְתִּי & אֶת־אָבִ֑⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was from_[the],next_day and=she/it_said the,firstborn to/towards the,young if lay_~_with last_night DOM father_of,my let,us_make_him_drink wine also/yet the=night and,go lie with=him/it so,that_we_may_preserve_alive from,father_of,our seed )

See how you translated lay with in [verse 33](../19/33.md). Alternate translation: [I slept with our father] or [I had physical relations with our father]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

נַשְׁקֶ֨⁠נּוּ יַ֜יִן גַּם־הַ⁠לַּ֗יְלָה

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was from_[the],next_day and=she/it_said the,firstborn to/towards the,young if lay_~_with last_night DOM father_of,my let,us_make_him_drink wine also/yet the=night and,go lie with=him/it so,that_we_may_preserve_alive from,father_of,our seed )

Consider whether it is better in your language to put the time word tonight first or last in this clause. Alternate translation: [Tonight we should get him drunk again]

שִׁכְבִ֣י עִמּ֔⁠וֹ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was from_[the],next_day and=she/it_said the,firstborn to/towards the,young if lay_~_with last_night DOM father_of,my let,us_make_him_drink wine also/yet the=night and,go lie with=him/it so,that_we_may_preserve_alive from,father_of,our seed )

Alternate translation: [sleep with him]

וּ⁠נְחַיֶּ֥ה

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was from_[the],next_day and=she/it_said the,firstborn to/towards the,young if lay_~_with last_night DOM father_of,my let,us_make_him_drink wine also/yet the=night and,go lie with=him/it so,that_we_may_preserve_alive from,father_of,our seed )

See how you translated the last clause in [verse 32](../19/32.md), which is the same as the rest of [verse 34](../19/34.md). Alternate translation: [so that we can have descendants] or [so that we can preserve our family line]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / pronouns

מֵ⁠אָבִ֖י⁠נוּ

from,father_of,our

Alternate translation: [by our father] or [through him]