OET interlinear HEB 4:11

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

οὖν

therefore

Here, the word Therefore introduces an exhortation that is based on what the author has argued in 3:7–4:10. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces how readers should respond to what the author has argued. Alternate translation: “So then” or “In light of what I have said”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

εἰσελθεῖν εἰς ἐκείνην τὴν κατάπαυσιν

/to/_come_in into that ¬the rest

See how you translated the phrase “entering the rest” in 4:1. Alternate translation: “to rest with God” or “to enter into God’s resting place”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐν & πέσῃ

by & /may/_fall

Here the author speaks as if disobedience were a hole that a person could physically fall into. This “falling into” the hole of disobedience keeps a person from reaching their goal or arriving at their destination. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “might fail by following” or “might follow”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

τῷ αὐτῷ & ὑποδείγματι & τῆς ἀπειθείας

the same & example & ¬the ˱of˲_disbelief

Here the author uses the possessive form to show that the example is the disobedience. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea without using a possessive form. The idea is that the Israelite ancestors provided the example of disobedience that we should not follow. Alternate translation: “the same thing, which is disobedience” or “disobedience that is like that of the Israelite ancestors”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τῷ αὐτῷ & ὑποδείγματι & τῆς ἀπειθείας

the same & example & ¬the ˱of˲_disbelief

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of disobedience, you could express the idea by using a verb such as “disobey.” Alternate translation: “disobeying in the same way that they did”