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
InterlinearVerse Hero C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C20 C21
Hero 19 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30
◄ ← HERO (JDG) 19:17 ↓ → ► ║ ≡ ©
OET-LV And_he_lifted_up eyes_of_his and_he/it_saw DOM the_man who_was_travelling in_the_open_square_of the_city and_he/it_said the_man[fn][fn] (the)_old where are_you_going and_from_where are_you_coming.
OET (OET-RV) He looked up and noticed them in the open plaza of the city and asked the man, “Where are you going, and where have you come from?”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וַיִּשָּׂ֣א עֵינָ֗יו
(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_lifted_up eyes_of,his and=he/it_saw DOM the=man [who,was]_traveling in,the_open_square_of the=city and=he/it_said the=man (the),old where you(ms)_will_walk and,from,where? come )
The author is using a common expression of his culture to mean that the old man looked at something. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [And he looked up]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / events
אָ֥נָה תֵלֵ֖ךְ וּמֵאַ֥יִן תָּבֽוֹא
where you(ms)_will_walk and,from,where? (Some words not found in UHB: and,he_lifted_up eyes_of,his and=he/it_saw DOM the=man [who,was]_traveling in,the_open_square_of the=city and=he/it_said the=man (the),old where you(ms)_will_walk and,from,where? come )
The author is describing one event before describing another event that preceded it. In your translation, you may wish to relate these events in the order in which they happened as in the UST.
OET-LV And_he_lifted_up eyes_of_his and_he/it_saw DOM the_man who_was_travelling in_the_open_square_of the_city and_he/it_said the_man[fn][fn] (the)_old where are_you_going and_from_where are_you_coming.
OET (OET-RV) He looked up and noticed them in the open plaza of the city and asked the man, “Where are you going, and where have you come from?”
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.