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OET (OET-LV) After_it it_roars a_voice he_thunders in/on/at/with_voice_of majestic_of_his and_not restrain_it if/because voice_of_his it_is_heard.
OET (OET-RV) After that, a voice roars out.
⇔ He thunders with his majestic voice,
⇔ and he doesn’t restrain the lightning bolts.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
יִשְׁאַג־ק֗וֹל
roars sound/voice
Elihu is speaking as if thunder were a voice. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Thunder sounds loudly”
Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns
אַחֲרָ֤יו
after,it
The pronoun it refers to a flash of lightning. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: “after there is a flash of lightning”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
יַ֭רְעֵם בְּק֣וֹל גְּאוֹנ֑וֹ
thunders in/on/at/with,voice_of majestic_of,his
Elihu is speaking as if thunder were God speaking. If it would be clearer in your language, you could express this image as a comparison. Alternate translation: “when we hear thunder, it sounds as if God is speaking in his majesty”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / doublenegatives
וְלֹ֥א יְ֝עַקְּבֵ֗ם
and=not restrain,it
If it would be clearer in your language, you could use a positive expression to translate this double negative that consists of the negative particle not and the negative verb restrain. (The pronoun them refers to bolts of lightning.) Alternate translation: “and he releases the lightning bolts”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
כִּֽי־יִשָּׁמַ֥ע קוֹלֽוֹ
that/for/because/then/when heard voice_of,his
Elihu is once again speaking as if thunder were God speaking. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “after thunder is heard”
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
כִּֽי־יִשָּׁמַ֥ע קוֹלֽוֹ
that/for/because/then/when heard voice_of,his
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “when we hear his voice” or “when we hear thunder”
OET (OET-LV) After_it it_roars a_voice he_thunders in/on/at/with_voice_of majestic_of_his and_not restrain_it if/because voice_of_his it_is_heard.
OET (OET-RV) After that, a voice roars out.
⇔ He thunders with his majestic voice,
⇔ and he doesn’t restrain the lightning bolts.
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.