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 Yir C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31 C32 C33 C34 C35 C36 C37 C38 C39 C40 C41 C42 C43 C44 C45 C46 C47 C48 C49 C50 C51 C52
Yir 16 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21
◄ ← YIR (JER) 16:6 ↓ → ► ║ ≡ ©
OET-LV And_ great_people and_insignificant_people _they_will_die on_the_earth (the)_this not they_will_be_buried and_not people_will_mourn to/for_them and_not anyone_will_cut_himself and_not anyone_will_make_himself_bald to/for_them.
OET (OET-RV) Both the important people and the ordinary people will die in this land.
⇔ They won’t be buried and no one will mourn for them,
⇔ or cut themselves or shave off their hair to show grief for them.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / merism
(Occurrence 0) Both the great and the small will
(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_will_die great and,insignificant_[people] on_the=earth (the),this not buried and=not lament to/for=them and=not cut and=not shave_~_head to/for=them )
This refers to all kinds of people and uses size to refer to how important they are. Alternate translation: [Both the important and the unimportant] or [Many people, regardless of how important they are, will]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
(Occurrence 0) They will not be buried
(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_will_die great and,insignificant_[people] on_the=earth (the),this not buried and=not lament to/for=them and=not cut and=not shave_~_head to/for=them )
If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [No one will bury them]
Note 3 topic: translate-symaction
(Occurrence 0) no one will … cut themselves or shave their heads for them
(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_will_die great and,insignificant_[people] on_the=earth (the),this not buried and=not lament to/for=them and=not cut and=not shave_~_head to/for=them )
Cutting oneself and shaving one’s head were symbolic actions that expressed strong grief, especially when a loved one died.
OET-LV And_ great_people and_insignificant_people _they_will_die on_the_earth (the)_this not they_will_be_buried and_not people_will_mourn to/for_them and_not anyone_will_cut_himself and_not anyone_will_make_himself_bald to/for_them.
OET (OET-RV) Both the important people and the ordinary people will die in this land.
⇔ They won’t be buried and no one will mourn for them,
⇔ or cut themselves or shave off their hair to show grief for them.
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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