OET interlinear HEB 4:7

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

πάλιν & ὁρίζει

again & /is/_designating

Here, just as in 4:3–4, the word he could refer to: (1) the Holy Spirit, whom the author identifies as the speaker of the Psalms quotation (See: 3:7). Alternate translation: “God’s Spirit again sets” (2) God considered as a unity. Alternate translation: “God again sets”

πάλιν

again

Here, the word again indicates that the Holy Spirit had already “set” a day and now does it for a second time. The first time was when God promised the “rest” to the Israelite ancestors. The second time (again) was when the Spirit spoke the quote from Psalm 95 through David. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that refers to doing something “once more” or “for a second time.” Alternate translation: “for a second time”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

σήμερον

today

Here the author speaks about a time that we call Today. We call every day Today, so this phrase means that the rest is available right now. However, since the author uses Today because the author of the quotation uses it, make sure that you use the same words that you used to translate Today in 3:7. Alternate translation: “calling it ‘This day’”

ἐν Δαυεὶδ λέγων

by (Some words not found in SR-GNT: πάλιν τινὰ ὁρίζει ἡμέραν σήμερον ἐν Δαυὶδ λέγων μετὰ τοσοῦτον χρόνον καθὼς προείρηται σήμερον ἐὰν τῆς φωνῆς αὐτοῦ ἀκούσητε μὴ σκληρύνητε τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν)

The Holy Spirit called the certain day “Today” when he was speaking through David. The author knows that David wrote the psalm that he is quoting, but he also knows that David was inspired by the Holy Spirit. Use a form in your language that refers to how someone speaks through or by means of someone else. Alternate translation: “using David to speak”

Note 3 topic: writing-quotations

καθὼς προείρηται

as /has_been/_previously_said

Here the author uses the phrase just as it has already been said to requote a part of the quotation that he introduced earlier (See: especially 3:7b–8a; 3:15). If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces something that has already been quoted. Alternate translation: “just as we read in the passage we are discussing”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

προείρηται

/has_been/_previously_said

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 the words that have been said rather than on the person doing the saying. If you must state who did the action, the author implies that he himself did it. Alternate translation: “I have already said” or “I have already quoted”

σήμερον ἐὰν τῆς φωνῆς αὐτοῦ ἀκούσητε, μὴ σκληρύνητε τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν

today today if ˱of˲_the voice ˱of˲_him ˱you_all˲_/may/_hear not ˱you_all˲_/may/_harden the hearts ˱of˲_you_all

Since the author repeats here the same words that he quoted in 3:7b–8a, you should translate these words in exactly the same way as you did in those verses.