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◄ ← HERO (JDG) 16:21 ↓ → ► ║ ≡ ©
Places tagged in the matching LV passage: Gaza
OET-LV And_they_seized_him the_Pəlishtiy and_they_gouged_out DOM eyes_of_his and_they_brought_down him to_ˊAzzāh and_they_bound_him with_(the)_fetters and_he/it_was grinding in_house_of the[fn].
16:21 OSHB variant note: ה/אסירים: (x-qere) ’הָ/אֲסוּרִֽים’: lemma=d/631 n=0 morph=HTd/Vqsmpa id=07oxz הָ/אֲסוּרִֽים
OET (OET-RV) So the Pelishtim seized him, and they gouged out his eyes. They brought him to Azah (Gaza) and chained him with a pair of bronze shackles, then they put him to work in prison grinding grain.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / youdual
בַּֽנְחֻשְׁתַּ֔יִם
(Some words not found in UHB: and,they,seized_him Pəlishtiy and,they_gouged_out DOM eyes_of,his and,they_brought_down ,him to,Gaza and,they,bound_him with_(the),fetters and=he/it_was grinder in=house_of the, )
The Hebrew text uses a dual form to describe these fetters. If your language does not use that form, you can use an equivalent expression that conveys the same meaning. Alternate translation: [with a pair of bronze fetters]
OET-LV And_they_seized_him the_Pəlishtiy and_they_gouged_out DOM eyes_of_his and_they_brought_down him to_ˊAzzāh and_they_bound_him with_(the)_fetters and_he/it_was grinding in_house_of the[fn].
16:21 OSHB variant note: ה/אסירים: (x-qere) ’הָ/אֲסוּרִֽים’: lemma=d/631 n=0 morph=HTd/Vqsmpa id=07oxz הָ/אֲסוּרִֽים
OET (OET-RV) So the Pelishtim seized him, and they gouged out his eyes. They brought him to Azah (Gaza) and chained him with a pair of bronze shackles, then they put him to work in prison grinding grain.
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.
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