OET interlinear HEB 3:12

uW Translation Notes:

βλέπετε

/be/_watching_out

Alternate translation: [Be careful]

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

ἀδελφοί

brothers

Although the word brothers is masculine, the author is using it to refer to all believers, both men and women. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word that applies to both men and women or you could refer to both genders. Alternate translation: [brothers and sisters]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ἔν τινι ὑμῶν καρδία πονηρὰ ἀπιστίας

in anyone ˱of˲_you_all /a/_heart evil ˱of˲_unbelief

In the author’s culture, the word heart refers to the place within themselves where humans think and plan. If it would be helpful in your language, you could refer to the place where humans think in your culture or express the idea plainly. See how you translated “hearts” in 3:10. Alternate translation: [in any of you a wicked mind of unbelief] or [wicked thinking of unbelief in any of you]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

καρδία πονηρὰ ἀπιστίας

/a/_heart evil ˱of˲_unbelief

Here the author uses the possessive form to describe a heart that is characterized by unbelief. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea without using a possessive form. Alternate translation: [a wicked heart that does not believe] or [a wicked and unbelieving heart]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἀπιστίας

˱of˲_unbelief

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of unbelief, you could express the idea by using a verb such as “believe” or an adjective such as “unbelieving.” Alternate translation: [that does not believe]

Note 5 topic: grammar-connect-time-simultaneous

ἐν τῷ ἀποστῆναι

in that /to/_withdraw

Here, the phrase in the falling away refers to something that happens at the same time as having a wicked heart of unbelief. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a form that introduces simultaneous action. Alternate translation: [while you fall away] or [which falls away]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐν τῷ ἀποστῆναι ἀπὸ

in that /to/_withdraw from

Here the author speaks of rejecting or failing to follow God as if the person “fell away” from where God is. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [in the turning away from] or [in rejecting]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

Θεοῦ ζῶντος

God /the/_living

Here, the phrase the living God identifies God as the one who “lives” and possibly as the one who gives “life.” The primary point is that God actually “lives,” unlike idols and other things that people call “god.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that emphasizes that God really “lives.” Alternate translation: [the God who lives] or [the true God]