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1 Ki 18 V1 V3 V5 V9 V11 V13 V15 V17 V19 V21 V23 V25 V27 V29 V31 V33 V35 V37 V39 V41 V43 V45
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Elijah (KI1 17:1) · Obadiah (KI1 18:3)
OET-LV And_he/it_was ˊOⱱadyāh on_way and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE ʼĒliyyāh to_meet_him and_he_recognized_him and_he_fell on his/its_faces/face and_he/it_said you is_this my_master ʼĒliyyāh.
OET (OET-RV) While Ovadyah was on a path, Eliyah came to meet him. Ovadyah recognised him and fell to his knees with his face to the ground, and asked, “Is it really you, my master Eliyah?”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וְהִנֵּ֥ה אֵלִיָּ֖הוּ
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was ˊOⱱadyāh on,way and=see/lo/see! ʼĒliyyāh to,meet,him and,he,recognized_him and,he_fell on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in his/its=faces/face and=he/it_said ?,you this my=master ʼĒliyyāh )
See the discussion in the Introduction to 1 Kings of this sense of the word behold. Alternate translation: [and suddenly Elijah]
Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns
וַיַּכִּרֵ֨הוּ֙ וַיִּפֹּ֣ל עַל־פָּנָ֔יו
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was ˊOⱱadyāh on,way and=see/lo/see! ʼĒliyyāh to,meet,him and,he,recognized_him and,he_fell on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in his/its=faces/face and=he/it_said ?,you this my=master ʼĒliyyāh )
In each instance, the pronoun he refers to Obadiah. The pronoun him refers to Elijah. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [And Obadiah recognized Elijah, and Obadiah fell on his face]
Note 3 topic: translate-symaction
וַיִּפֹּ֣ל עַל־פָּנָ֔יו
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was ˊOⱱadyāh on,way and=see/lo/see! ʼĒliyyāh to,meet,him and,he,recognized_him and,he_fell on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in his/its=faces/face and=he/it_said ?,you this my=master ʼĒliyyāh )
Be sure that it is clear in your translation that Obadiah did not fall down accidentally. He knelt down in front of Elijah, pressing his face to the ground, as a gesture to honor him. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action. Alternate translation: [and he knelt down and pressed his face to the ground in front of Elijah in order to show him great honor]
OET-LV And_he/it_was ˊOⱱadyāh on_way and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE ʼĒliyyāh to_meet_him and_he_recognized_him and_he_fell on his/its_faces/face and_he/it_said you is_this my_master ʼĒliyyāh.
OET (OET-RV) While Ovadyah was on a path, Eliyah came to meet him. Ovadyah recognised him and fell to his knees with his face to the ground, and asked, “Is it really you, my master Eliyah?”
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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