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People tagged in the matching LV passage: God
Used in these topics: Creation and humanity in Yahweh’s image · Marriage, singleness and faithfulness
OET-LV And_ YHWH god _he/it_made_fall/lie_down a_deep_sleep on the_humankind and_he/it_fell_asleep and_he/it_took one from_his/its_ribs/planks and_he/it_closed_up flesh instead_of_her/it.
OET (OET-RV) So Yahweh God caused the man to go into a deep sleep, and then while he was sleeping, he removed one of his ribs and closed up over its place with flesh.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וַיַּפֵּל֩ יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהִ֧ים ׀ תַּרְדֵּמָ֛ה עַל־הָאָדָ֖ם
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_made_fall/lie_down YHWH ʼElohīm trance/deep_sleep/lethargy on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the=humankind and=he/it_fell_asleep and=he/it_took one(fs) from=his/its=ribs/planks and=he/it_closed_up flesh/meat instead_of=her/it )
Many languages have a similar common expression for caused a deep sleep to fall on that works well here. Consider what is best in your language. Alternate translation: [Then Yahweh God caused the man to go into a deep sleep]
Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns
וַיִּקַּ֗ח
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_made_fall/lie_down YHWH ʼElohīm trance/deep_sleep/lethargy on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the=humankind and=he/it_fell_asleep and=he/it_took one(fs) from=his/its=ribs/planks and=he/it_closed_up flesh/meat instead_of=her/it )
Consider whether to use a pronoun or noun here to refer to God. Make sure it is clear in your translation to whom each pronoun is referring at each point in this verse. Alternate translation: [he took out]
אַחַת֙ מִצַּלְעֹתָ֔יו
one(fs) (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_made_fall/lie_down YHWH ʼElohīm trance/deep_sleep/lethargy on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the=humankind and=he/it_fell_asleep and=he/it_took one(fs) from=his/its=ribs/planks and=he/it_closed_up flesh/meat instead_of=her/it )
The phrase one of his ribs could mean: (1) “one of the man’s ribs from his body” Alternate translation: [a rib from the man’s side]; (2) “part of the man’s side from his body”
וַיִּסְגֹּ֥ר בָּשָׂ֖ר תַּחְתֶּֽנָּה
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_made_fall/lie_down YHWH ʼElohīm trance/deep_sleep/lethargy on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the=humankind and=he/it_fell_asleep and=he/it_took one(fs) from=his/its=ribs/planks and=he/it_closed_up flesh/meat instead_of=her/it )
In this context, the term flesh probably includes muscles and skin. Alternate translation: [and filled in the hole where it had been with flesh and healed it] or [and replaced it with flesh and healed him]
OET-LV And_ YHWH god _he/it_made_fall/lie_down a_deep_sleep on the_humankind and_he/it_fell_asleep and_he/it_took one from_his/its_ribs/planks and_he/it_closed_up flesh instead_of_her/it.
OET (OET-RV) So Yahweh God caused the man to go into a deep sleep, and then while he was sleeping, he removed one of his ribs and closed up over its place with flesh.
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.