OET interlinear HEB 6:16

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

γὰρ

for

Here, the word For introduces further explanation of how “swearing” by someone works (See: 6:13 especially). If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea with a comparable word or phrase. Alternate translation: “About swearing,” or “Indeed,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

ἄνθρωποι

people

Although men is masculine, the author is using it to all people, 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: “men and women”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

κατὰ τοῦ μείζονος ὀμνύουσιν

by the greater_‹one› /are/_swearing

Here, just as in 6:13, the author refers to how people often “swore by” someone else. The other person needed to be someone important and powerful enough to guarantee or enforce what the person who swore promised to do. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make the practice more explicit. Alternate translation: “swear by one who is greater, who will guarantee what they say”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

πάσης αὐτοῖς ἀντιλογίας πέρας, εἰς βεβαίωσιν ὁ ὅρκος

˱of˲_all ˱to˲_them controversy /an/_end_‹is› for confirmation the oath_‹given›

Here the author uses technical language related to disputes and the law courts. The word end refers to a final decision, while the word confirmation refers to how something is backed up and proved to be true by evidence or, here, an oath. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express the idea in another day. Alternate translation: “the conclusion of all their disputes is the oath that closes the issue” or “the oath confirms that a dispute has ended”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

πάσης αὐτοῖς ἀντιλογίας πέρας, εἰς βεβαίωσιν

˱of˲_all ˱to˲_them controversy /an/_end_‹is› for confirmation

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of confirmation, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “what confirms the end of all disputes to them” or “what certainly finishes anything that people are disputing about”