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 V17 V18 V19 V20 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30
◄ ← HERO (JDG) 19:21 ↓ → ► ║ ≡ ©
OET-LV And_he_brought_him to_house_of_his and_he_fed[fn][fn][fn] (to)_donkeys and_they_washed feet_of_their and_they_ate and_they_drank.
OET (OET-RV) Then he took them to his house and fed their donkeys. They washed their feet, and they all ate and drank.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
וַיְבִיאֵ֣הוּ לְבֵית֔וֹ
and,he,brought_him to,house_of,his
The author is using one part of the group, the Levite (him), to mean all of them. Your language might naturally convey this meaning with a plural pronoun. Alternate translation: [So he brought them into his house]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
ויבול לַחֲמוֹרִ֑ים
(Some words not found in UHB: and,he,brought_him to,house_of,his and,he_fed (to),donkeys and,they_washed feet_of,their and,they_ate and,they_drank )
The author is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [and he mixed fodder for the donkeys and gave it to them]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
וַֽיִּרְחֲצוּ֙ רַגְלֵיהֶ֔ם
(Some words not found in UHB: and,he,brought_him to,house_of,his and,he_fed (to),donkeys and,they_washed feet_of,their and,they_ate and,they_drank )
The author is using one thing that guests in this culture did to to settle in for the night at the old man’s house, washing the dust of travel off their feet, to mean everything they did for that purpose. Your language may have an expression for this that you can use in your translation. Alternate translation: [and they made themselves at home]
OET-LV And_he_brought_him to_house_of_his and_he_fed[fn][fn][fn] (to)_donkeys and_they_washed feet_of_their and_they_ate and_they_drank.
OET (OET-RV) Then he took them to his house and fed their donkeys. They washed their feet, and they all ate and drank.
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.