InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
Hab 1 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V17
OET-LV Therefore yes/correct/thus/so he_sacrifices to_net_of_his and_he_makes_smoke to_his_fishing_of_net if/because by_them is_rich portion_of_his and_food_of_his is_fat.
OET (OET-RV) Therefore he sacrifices to his fishing net
⇔ ≈ and burns incense to his drag net,
⇔ because it’s his net that gives him plenty of food,
⇔ ≈ and his food is the richest kind.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
עַל־כֵּן֙ יְזַבֵּ֣חַ לְחֶרְמ֔וֹ וִֽיקַטֵּ֖ר לְמִכְמַרְתּ֑וֹ
on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (Some words not found in UHB: on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so sacrifices to,net_of,his and,he_makes_smoke to,his_fishing_of,net that/for/because/then/when by,them luxury portion_of,his and,food_of,his rich )
See how your translation team has decided to represent pairs of clauses in Hebrew poetry that mean basically the same thing. Alternate translation: [Therefore he worships his own weapons of war]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
עַל־כֵּן֙ יְזַבֵּ֣חַ לְחֶרְמ֔וֹ וִֽיקַטֵּ֖ר לְמִכְמַרְתּ֑וֹ
on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (Some words not found in UHB: on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so sacrifices to,net_of,his and,he_makes_smoke to,his_fishing_of,net that/for/because/then/when by,them luxury portion_of,his and,food_of,his rich )
Habakkuk speaks of the Chaldean worshiping his net and dragnet as if those things were gods which could receive sacrifices and incense. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Therefore he gives credit to his weapons of war and honors them]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
שָׁמֵ֣ן חֶלְק֔וֹ וּמַאֲכָל֖וֹ בְּרִאָֽה
(Some words not found in UHB: on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so sacrifices to,net_of,his and,he_makes_smoke to,his_fishing_of,net that/for/because/then/when by,them luxury portion_of,his and,food_of,his rich )
Habakkuk is speaking of the Chaldean’s plunder as if it were fat and rich food. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [his portion is plentiful and his food is abundant]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
חֶלְק֔וֹ
portion_of,his
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of his portion, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [what he receives]
OET-LV Therefore yes/correct/thus/so he_sacrifices to_net_of_his and_he_makes_smoke to_his_fishing_of_net if/because by_them is_rich portion_of_his and_food_of_his is_fat.
OET (OET-RV) Therefore he sacrifices to his fishing net
⇔ ≈ and burns incense to his drag net,
⇔ because it’s his net that gives him plenty of food,
⇔ ≈ and his food is the richest kind.
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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