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People tagged in the matching LV passage: Abraham · Heth
Dictionary: Abraham
OET-LV To_ʼAⱱrāhām to_a_purchase to_the_eyes_of the_people_of Ḩēt for_all_of those_who_were_entering_of (of)_the_gate_of his_city_of_his.
OET (OET-RV) to Avraham as the new owner as witnessed by Het’s descendants and everyone else who had come to the city gate.
לְאַבְרָהָ֥ם לְמִקְנָ֖ה
to,Abraham to,a_purchase
Alternate translation: [to Abraham as his property] or [to Abraham, and it became his possession]
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
לְעֵינֵ֣י בְנֵי־חֵ֑ת
to,the_eyes_of sons_of Het
See how you translated the idiom before the eyes of in verse 11. Alternate translation: [in the sight of the elders of the Hittites] or [while the leaders of the Hittites watched as witnesses]
בְּכֹ֖ל בָּאֵ֥י שַֽׁעַר־עִירֽוֹ
(Some words not found in UHB: to,Abraham to,a_purchase to,the_eyes_of sons_of Het for,all_of went_in_of gate_of his_city_of,his )
For some languages it may be more natural to change the order of some of the clauses in this verse and say, “… to Abraham in front of the leaders of the Hittites who had gathered at the city gates, so that they all witnessed that the land was now Abraham’s property.” Also, see how you translated a similar clause in verse 10. Alternate translation: [including everyone who had gathered at their city gate] or [That included everyone who had met together at their city gates]
OET-LV To_ʼAⱱrāhām to_a_purchase to_the_eyes_of the_people_of Ḩēt for_all_of those_who_were_entering_of (of)_the_gate_of his_city_of_his.
OET (OET-RV) to Avraham as the new owner as witnessed by Het’s descendants and everyone else who had come to the city gate.
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.