OET interlinear HEB 11:12

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

καὶ ἀφ’ ἑνὸς ἐγεννήθησαν, καὶ ταῦτα νενεκρωμένου

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Διό καί ἀφʼ ἑνός ἐγεννήθησαν καί ταῦτα νενεκρωμένου Καθώς τά ἄστρα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τῷ πλήθει καί ὡς ἡ ἄμμος ἡ παρά τό χεῖλος τῆς θαλάσσης ἡ ἀναρίθμητος)

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [also one man—and he having become dead—fathered these children]

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

ἑνὸς

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Διό καί ἀφʼ ἑνός ἐγεννήθησαν καί ταῦτα νενεκρωμένου Καθώς τά ἄστρα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τῷ πλήθει καί ὡς ἡ ἄμμος ἡ παρά τό χεῖλος τῆς θαλάσσης ἡ ἀναρίθμητος)

The word one refers to Abraham. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make whom one refers to explicit. Alternate translation: [one man, Abraham]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

νενεκρωμένου

˓having_been˒_made_dead

The phrase having become dead is an exaggeration that the audience would have understood to mean that Abraham was too old to have children. He is dead because he cannot father children. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a simile or express the idea plainly. Alternate translation: [he having, as it were, become dead] or [he having become impotent]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ταῦτα

these

The phrase these children refers to Abraham’s descendants, the Israelites. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make who these children are more explicit. Alternate translation: [the Israelites]

καθὼς τὰ ἄστρα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τῷ πλήθει, καὶ ὡς ἡ ἄμμος, ἡ παρὰ τὸ χεῖλος τῆς θαλάσσης, ἡ ἀναρίθμητος

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Διό καί ἀφʼ ἑνός ἐγεννήθησαν καί ταῦτα νενεκρωμένου Καθώς τά ἄστρα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τῷ πλήθει καί ὡς ἡ ἄμμος ἡ παρά τό χεῖλος τῆς θαλάσσης ἡ ἀναρίθμητος)

These phrases refer to the words that God used when he promised many descendants to Abraham. See God’s promise in [Genesis 22:17](../../gen/22/17.md). You might want to include this information in a footnote.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

καθὼς τὰ ἄστρα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τῷ πλήθει

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: Διό καί ἀφʼ ἑνός ἐγεννήθησαν καί ταῦτα νενεκρωμένου Καθώς τά ἄστρα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τῷ πλήθει καί ὡς ἡ ἄμμος ἡ παρά τό χεῖλος τῆς θαλάσσης ἡ ἀναρίθμητος)

The author compares the number of Abraham’s descendants to the number of stars in the sky, which are great in number. He uses this comparison to emphasize how many descendants there are. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make it clearer that the author is referring to many descendants and many stars. Alternate translation: [as many as the numerous stars in the sky]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

ὡς ἡ ἄμμος, ἡ παρὰ τὸ χεῖλος τῆς θαλάσσης, ἡ ἀναρίθμητος

as the sand ¬which (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Διό καί ἀφʼ ἑνός ἐγεννήθησαν καί ταῦτα νενεκρωμένου Καθώς τά ἄστρα τοῦ οὐρανοῦ τῷ πλήθει καί ὡς ἡ ἄμμος ἡ παρά τό χεῖλος τῆς θαλάσσης ἡ ἀναρίθμητος)

The author compares the number of Abraham’s descendants to the amount of sand on a beach by the sea, which is so great that no one can count it (countless). He uses this comparison to emphasize how many descendants there are. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make it clearer that the author is referring to many descendants and many grains of sand. Alternate translation: [as many as the numberless grains of sand along the shore of the sea]