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OET (OET-LV) princes_of_her they_were_bright than_snow they_were_dazzling than_milk bone they_were_red more_than_coral was_sapphire appearance_of_their.
OET (OET-RV) Her religious leaders were purer than snow—whiter than milk.
⇔ Their bones were redder than coral—their parts were sapphire.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
(Occurrence 0) Her leaders were purer than snow, whiter than milk
(Some words not found in UHB: purer princes_of,her than,snow whiter than,milk ruddy bone/body more_~_than,coral sapphire appearance_of,their )
This could mean: (1) Jerusalem’s leaders were beautiful to look at because they were physically healthy or (2) the leaders were morally pure as new snow and milk are pure white.
(Occurrence 0) Her leaders
(Some words not found in UHB: purer princes_of,her than,snow whiter than,milk ruddy bone/body more_~_than,coral sapphire appearance_of,their )
Alternate translation: “Jerusalem’s leaders”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
(Occurrence 0) their bodies were more ruddy than coral
(Some words not found in UHB: purer princes_of,her than,snow whiter than,milk ruddy bone/body more_~_than,coral sapphire appearance_of,their )
“their bodies were redder than coral.” This implies that they were healthy. Alternate translation: “their bodies were healthy and red”
(Occurrence 0) coral
(Some words not found in UHB: purer princes_of,her than,snow whiter than,milk ruddy bone/body more_~_than,coral sapphire appearance_of,their )
a rock-hard red substance that comes from the ocean and was used for making decorations
(Occurrence 0) sapphire
(Some words not found in UHB: purer princes_of,her than,snow whiter than,milk ruddy bone/body more_~_than,coral sapphire appearance_of,their )
a costly blue stone used in jewelry
4:7 like fine jewels: (literally like lapis lazuli): Lapis lazuli is a beautiful blue stone that is soft enough to carve. It is often used in decorations and mosaics.
OET (OET-LV) princes_of_her they_were_bright than_snow they_were_dazzling than_milk bone they_were_red more_than_coral was_sapphire appearance_of_their.
OET (OET-RV) Her religious leaders were purer than snow—whiter than milk.
⇔ Their bones were redder than coral—their parts were sapphire.
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.