InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
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Used in these topics: Advent (all) · Advent Christmas
OET-LV (ISA 9:2) [fn] You_will_multiply the_nation to_it[fn] you_will_magnify the_rejoicing they_will_rejoice to_your_face like_the_rejoicing_of at_harvest just_as people_are_glad when_divide_they plunder.
OET (OET-RV) You have multiplied the nation itself.
⇔ You’ve increased its happiness.
⇔ ≈ They celebrate in front of you
⇔ like the happiness at harvest time.
⇔ ≈ Like their excitement when dividing the plunder,
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
ל֖וֹ הִגְדַּ֣לְתָּ הַשִּׂמְחָ֑ה
(Some words not found in UHB: enlarged the,nation for,it increased the,rejoicing rejoice to=your=face like,the_rejoicing_of at,harvest just=as rejoice when,divide,they plunder )
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of joy, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [you will make them more joyful]
Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns
ל֖וֹ
(Some words not found in UHB: enlarged the,nation for,it increased the,rejoicing rejoice to=your=face like,the_rejoicing_of at,harvest just=as rejoice when,divide,they plunder )
The pronoun it refers to the nation. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [the nation of Israel]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
כְּשִׂמְחַ֣ת בַּקָּצִ֔יר
like,the_rejoicing_of at,harvest
The point of this comparison is that just as the rejoicing at the harvest is a time of great gladness and celebration, so is the joy that the people will experience before Yahweh. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [as joyful as people are at the harvest]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
כַּאֲשֶׁ֥ר יָגִ֖ילוּ בְּחַלְּקָ֥ם שָׁלָֽל
just=as rejoice when,divide,they plunder
The point of this comparison is that just as they exult when they divide spoil because they celebrate a victory, so the people will celebrate the deliverance that Yahweh brings. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [as they celebrate a great victory]
OET-LV (ISA 9:2) [fn] You_will_multiply the_nation to_it[fn] you_will_magnify the_rejoicing they_will_rejoice to_your_face like_the_rejoicing_of at_harvest just_as people_are_glad when_divide_they plunder.
OET (OET-RV) You have multiplied the nation itself.
⇔ You’ve increased its happiness.
⇔ ≈ They celebrate in front of you
⇔ like the happiness at harvest time.
⇔ ≈ Like their excitement when dividing the plunder,
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.