OET interlinear HEB 11:23

uW Translation Notes:

Here the author refers to a story about a man named Moses. The king of Egypt, where Moses was born, had commanded that all the boys born to the Israelites should be killed. When Moses was born to his parents, they defied the command and hid Moses for three months. You can read this story about Moses in Exodus 1:22–2:3. You might want to include this information in a footnote.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

Μωϋσῆς, γεννηθεὶς, ἐκρύβη τρίμηνον ὑπὸ τῶν πατέρων αὐτοῦ

Moses /having_been/_born /was/_hidden ˱for˲_three_month by the fathers ˱of˲_him

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. The author uses the passive form here to focus on Moses rather than on Moses’ parents. Alternate translation: “Moses’ parents hid him for three months after his mother gave birth to him”

τρίμηνον

˱for˲_three_month

Alternate translation: “for one quarter of a year”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

οὐκ ἐφοβήθησαν τὸ διάταγμα

not ˱they˲_/were/_afraid ˱of˲_the edict

Here the author means that Moses’ parents were not afraid to break or disobey the decree. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this more explicit. Alternate translation: “they were not afraid of breaking the decree” or “they did not fear the consequences of breaking the decree”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τὸ διάταγμα τοῦ βασιλέως

the ˱of˲_the edict ˱of˲_the king

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of decree, you could express the idea by using a verb such as “decree” or “command.” Alternate translation: “of what the king decreed”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τὸ διάταγμα τοῦ βασιλέως

the ˱of˲_the edict ˱of˲_the king

Here the author assumes that his audience knew who the king was and what the decree was about. The king is the ruler over the land of Egypt, sometimes also called a “Pharaoh.” The decree required all the sons born to the Israelites to be drowned in the river Nile. If your readers would not make these inferences, you could make them more explicit. Alternate translation: “of the king of Egypt’s decree that all the male children of the Israelites should be drowned”