OET interlinear HEB 11:29

uW Translation Notes:

The author refers to a story about how God rescued the Israelites from Egypt. After the king of Egypt let them go free, the Israelites traveled until they reached the edge of the Red Sea. However, the king of Egypt decided that he had made a mistake and wanted to take the Israelites back. His army surrounded them as they camped next to the Red Sea. However, God opened a path through the Red Sea, and the Israelites walked right through. When the Egyptian army followed, God sent the water back over the path he had created, and the Egyptians drowned. You can read this story in [Exodus 14](../../exo/14/01.md). You might want to include this information in a footnote.

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

ὡς διὰ ξηρᾶς γῆς

as (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Πίστει διέβησαν τήν Ἐρυθράν Θάλασσαν ὡς διά ξηρᾶς γῆς ἧς πεῖραν λαβόντες οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι κατεπόθησαν)

The author compares the way that the Israelites passed through the Red Sea to how a person would pass through dry land. In other words, the Israelites were able to walk through the Red Sea just like they would walk on a path. The audience would know that God separated the water of the Red Sea to create this path. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make what the author is comparing more explicit. Alternate translation: [like they were walking on a dry path]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

πεῖραν λαβόντες, οἱ Αἰγύπτιοι κατεπόθησαν

˓a˒_trial ˓having˒_taken the Egyptians ˓were˒_swallowed_up

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 those who were swallowed up rather than on what did the “swallowing.” If you must state who did the action, the author implies that “the Red Sea” did it. Alternate translation: [swallowed up the Egyptians when they had taken an attempt]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

κατεπόθησαν

˓were˒_swallowed_up

The author speaks of dying by drowning as water had swallowed someone up. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [were drowned]