OET interlinear HEB 7:14

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

γὰρ

for

Here, the word For introduces further, more specific explanation of what the author claimed in the previous verse. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces more specific information. Alternate translation: “More specifically,”

πρόδηλον

quite_evident_‹it_is›

Here, the phrase it is obvious indicates that what follows is common knowledge, that is, information that the author assumes his audience already knows. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase that introduces common knowledge. Alternate translation: “everyone knows” or “it is commonly known”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐξ Ἰούδα ἀνατέταλκεν

out_of Judah /has/_risen

Here the author describes Jesus’ birth as if he were the sun that “sprang up” above the horizon at sunrise. He speaks in this way to refer to Jesus’ birth as a descendant of Judah but also to indicate that Jesus’ birth was not completely normal. Since Jesus was born by the power of the Holy Spirit without a human father, the author uses a less common phrase to refer to the person from whom he is descended. If possible, use a comparable phrase in your language that refers to human descent but that also indicates that Jesus’ birth was not totally normal. Alternate translation: “has come from Judah” or “has sprouted from Judah”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

οὐδὲν Μωϋσῆς ἐλάλησεν

nothing Moses spoke

Here the author refers to the law that Moses received from God and gave to the people of Israel. This law contained instructions about who would serve as priests, and the only instructions that Moses received were about how people from the tribe of Levi would serve as priests. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “Moses wrote nothing in the law” or “God gave Moses nothing to say in the law”