OET interlinear GEN 2:10

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

וְ⁠נָהָרּ֙ יֹצֵ֣א

and=river going_out

Verse 10 gives more of the background information that began in verse 8. Many translations omit the conjunction And or “Now” here. Alternate translation: [Now a river was flowing] or [A river was flowing]

מֵ⁠עֵ֔דֶן

from=ˊĒden

The garden was inside the land of Eden, so as the river flowed through Eden, it watered the garden. Alternate translation: [from the land of Eden]

לְ⁠הַשְׁק֖וֹת

(Some words not found in UHB: and=river going_out from=ˊĒden to=water DOM the=garden and=from=there it_divided and=it_was to=four heads )

See how you translated watered in verse 6. Alternate translation: [to irrigate] or [to provide water for] or [that watered]

אֶת־הַ⁠גָּ֑ן

DOM (Some words not found in UHB: and=river going_out from=ˊĒden to=water DOM the=garden and=from=there it_divided and=it_was to=four heads )

See how you translated this phrase in verse 8. Alternate translation: [the park]

וּ⁠מִ⁠שָּׁם֙

(Some words not found in UHB: and=river going_out from=ˊĒden to=water DOM the=garden and=from=there it_divided and=it_was to=four heads )

Alternate translation: [and from the garden] or [and from Eden]

יִפָּרֵ֔ד וְ⁠הָיָ֖ה לְ⁠אַרְבָּעָ֥ה רָאשִֽׁים

(Some words not found in UHB: and=river going_out from=ˊĒden to=water DOM the=garden and=from=there it_divided and=it_was to=four heads )

This verse could refer to: (1) a river in Eden which was the source river that watered the garden and then divided downstream into the four smaller rivers. Alternate translation: [the river divided into four smaller rivers]; (2) the four rivers being source headwaters that flowed downstream and joined to form the larger river in Eden. Alternate translation: [there were four smaller source rivers that joined together and formed the larger river] If possible, leave your translation ambiguous here (as the Hebrew text does), so that either interpretation is possible.