OET interlinear HEB 6:7

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

γὰρ

for

Here, the word For introduces an example that uses farming language to illustrate two ways in which a person could respond to the good news. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces an example, or you could leave For untranslated. Alternate translation: “For example,”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

γῆ & ἡ πιοῦσα τὸν ἐπ’ αὐτῆς ἐρχόμενον πολλάκις ὑετόν, καὶ τίκτουσα βοτάνην εὔθετον, ἐκείνοις δι’ οὓς καὶ γεωργεῖται, μεταλαμβάνει εὐλογίας ἀπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ

land & ¬which /having/_drunk the on it coming often rain and bearing vegetation suitable ˱for˲_those because_of whom also ˱it˲_/is_being/_cultivated /is/_partaking ˱of˲_blessing from ¬the God

Throughout this verse, the author speaks of land as if it could “drink,” “produce,” and “share.” This was a natural way to express how land relates to crops and rain in the author’s culture. Use a natural way in your language to refer to how land is involved in the farming process. Alternate translation: “a land that absorbs the rain that often falls on it and on which grows useful vegetation for those for whom it is also cultivated receives a blessing from God”

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

βοτάνην εὔθετον

vegetation suitable

Here, the phrase useful vegetation refers to plants that grow on the land and that benefit people. They could be plants that people eat, or they could be plants that people use for other purposes. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that refers to plants that people use. Alternate translation: “helpful crops” or “edible plants”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

καὶ γεωργεῖται

and also ˱it˲_/is_being/_cultivated

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 land that is cultivated rather than on the people doing the cultivating. If you must state who did the action, you could refer to farmers or people in general. Alternate translation: “farmers cultivate it”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

μεταλαμβάνει εὐλογίας ἀπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ

/is/_partaking ˱of˲_blessing from ¬the God

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of blessing, you could express the idea by using a verb such as “bless.” Alternate translation: “is blessed by God” or “is one that God blesses”