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OET interlinear JOS 24:16

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Hebrew word order

    1. Hebrew word
    2. Hebrew lemma
    3. OET-LV words
    4. OET-RV words
    5. Strongs
    6. Role/Morphology
    7. Gloss
    8. CAPS codes
    9. OET tags
    10. OET word #
    1. וַ,יַּעַן
    2. 160890,160891
    3. and it answered
    4. -
    6. SV-C,Vqw3ms
    7. and,it_answered
    8. -
    9. Y-1427
    10. 111207
    1. הָ,עָם
    2. 160892,160893
    3. the people
    4. people
    6. S-Td,Ncmsa
    7. the,people
    8. -
    9. Y-1427
    10. 111208
    1. וַ,יֹּאמֶר
    2. 160894,160895
    3. and he/it said
    4. responded
    5. 559
    6. SV-C,Vqw3ms
    7. and=he/it_said
    8. -
    9. Y-1427
    10. 111209
    1. חָלִילָ,ה
    2. 160896,160897
    3. far be it
    4. -
    5. 2486
    6. P-Tj,Sh
    7. far,be_it
    8. -
    9. Y-1427
    10. 111210
    1. לָּ,נוּ
    2. 160898,160899
    3. to/for ourselves
    4. -
    6. S-R,Sp1cp
    7. to/for=ourselves
    8. -
    9. Y-1427
    10. 111211
    1. מֵ,עֲזֹב
    2. 160900,160901
    3. from abandoning
    4. -
    6. SV-R,Vqc
    7. from,forsaking
    8. -
    9. Y-1427
    10. 111212
    1. אֶת
    2. 160902
    3. DOM
    4. “≈We'd
    5. 853
    6. O-To
    7. DOM
    8. -
    9. Y-1427
    10. 111213
    2. 160903
    3. -
    4. -
    6. -x-maqqef
    8. -
    9. -
    10. 111214
    1. יְהוָה
    2. 160904
    3. YHWH
    4. Yahweh
    5. 3068
    6. O-Np
    7. Yahweh
    8. -
    9. Person=God; Y-1427
    10. 111215
    1. לַ,עֲבֹד
    2. 160905,160906
    3. to serve
    4. serve
    5. 5647
    6. SV-R,Vqc
    7. to,serve
    8. -
    9. Y-1427
    10. 111216
    1. אֱלֹהִים
    2. 160907
    3. gods
    4. gods
    5. 430
    6. O-Ncmpa
    7. gods
    8. -
    9. Y-1427; Person=God
    10. 111217
    1. אֲחֵרִים
    2. 160908
    3. other
    4. other
    5. 312
    6. O-Aampa
    7. other
    8. -
    9. Y-1427
    10. 111218
    2. 160909
    3. -
    4. -
    6. -x-sof-pasuq
    8. -
    9. -
    10. 111219

OET (OET-LV) and_it_answered the_people and_he/it_said far_be_it to/for_ourselves from_abandoning DOM YHWH to_serve gods other.

OET (OET-RV) “We’d never even consider leaving Yahweh to serve other gods,” the people responded,

SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 24:1–33: Israel renewed their covenant with Yahweh

In this section Joshua called the people of Israel together to affirm that they would worship and obey only Yahweh. He warned them that Yahweh would bring disaster on them if they worshiped other gods. Then Joshua died and was buried.

Here are some other possible section headings:

Renewing the covenant at Shechem

The Israelites promise to worship only Yahweh

24:16a

The people replied,

The Hebrew conjunction that the BSB leaves untranslated but some English versions translate as “and” introduces the next event in the storyline. Introduce this next event in a way that is natural in your language.

The people replied: The people refers to the Israelites who were gathered with Joshua.

Here is another way to translate this part of the verse:

Then the people said to Joshua,

The people replied to him,

24:16b

“Far be it from us to forsake the LORD to serve other gods!

Far be it from us: The Hebrew phrase that the BSB translates as Far be it from us is more literally “to that which is profane.” This is a Hebrew idiom which indicates an emphatic rejection of something. It indicates that the people would certainly not forsake Yahweh.

Translate this Hebrew idiom with a word or phrase that indicates an emphatic decision to take a certain path.

to forsake the LORD to serve other gods: The Israelites made a strong statement that they would not turn from Yahweh to worship other gods.

Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:

We(excl) will never leave Yahweh and worship other gods.

Absolutely not! We will never abandon Yahweh. We will never worship other gods.

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

חָלִ֣ילָ⁠ה לָּ֔⁠נוּ מֵ⁠עֲזֹ֖ב אֶת־יְהוָ֑ה

far,be_it (Some words not found in UHB: and,it_answered the,people and=he/it_said far,be_it to/for=ourselves from,forsaking DOM YHWH to,serve ʼElohīm other )

See how you translated the similar expression in [Joshua 22:29](../22/29.md). Alternate translation: [God forbid that we should leave Yahweh]

OET-LV English word order (‘Reverse’ interlinear)

    1. OET-LV words
    2. OET-RV words
    3. Strongs
    4. Hebrew word
    5. Hebrew lemma
    6. Role/Morphology
    7. Gloss
    8. CAPS codes
    9. OET tags
    10. OET word #
    1. and it answered
    2. -
    3. 1987,5969
    5. 160890,160891
    6. SV-C,Vqw3ms
    8. -
    9. Y-1427
    10. 111207
    1. the people
    2. people
    3. 1893,5847
    5. 160892,160893
    6. S-Td,Ncmsa
    8. -
    9. Y-1427
    10. 111208
    1. and he/it said
    2. responded
    3. 1987,683
    5. 160894,160895
    6. SV-C,Vqw3ms
    8. -
    9. Y-1427
    10. 111209
    1. far be it
    2. -
    3. 2550,1819
    5. 160896,160897
    6. P-Tj,Sh
    8. -
    9. Y-1427
    10. 111210
    1. to/for ourselves
    2. -
    3. 3705,1978
    5. 160898,160899
    6. S-R,Sp1cp
    8. -
    9. Y-1427
    10. 111211
    1. from abandoning
    2. -
    3. 4129,5920
    5. 160900,160901
    6. SV-R,Vqc
    8. -
    9. Y-1427
    10. 111212
    1. DOM
    2. “≈We'd
    3. 347
    5. 160902
    6. O-To
    8. -
    9. Y-1427
    10. 111213
    1. YHWH
    2. Yahweh
    3. 3354
    5. 160904
    6. O-Np
    8. -
    9. Person=God; Y-1427
    10. 111215
    1. to serve
    2. serve
    3. 3705,5894
    5. 160905,160906
    6. SV-R,Vqc
    8. -
    9. Y-1427
    10. 111216
    1. gods
    2. gods
    3. 38
    5. 160907
    6. O-Ncmpa
    8. -
    9. Y-1427; Person=God
    10. 111217
    1. other
    2. other
    3. 495
    5. 160908
    6. O-Aampa
    8. -
    9. Y-1427
    10. 111218

OET (OET-LV) and_it_answered the_people and_he/it_said far_be_it to/for_ourselves from_abandoning DOM YHWH to_serve gods other.

OET (OET-RV) “We’d never even consider leaving Yahweh to serve other gods,” the people responded,

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.OET logo mark

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