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OET (OET-LV) And having_run_ahead ahead, he_went_up in a_sycamore_tree, in_order_that he_may_see him, because he_was_going to_be_passing_through of_that way.
OET (OET-RV) so he ran along ahead of the crowd and climbed a sycamore tree so that he could see Yeshua as he walked past.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
καὶ
and
Luke uses the word And to introduce the results of what the previous sentence described. Alternate translation: “So”
Note 2 topic: translate-unknown
συκομορέαν
/a/_sycamore_tree
A sycamore is a type of fig tree. It would have been tall enough and strong enough to hold Zacchaeus at a height from which he could see the street. If you readers would not be familiar with this particular tree, you could use a general expression. Alternate translation: “a fig tree” or “a tree”
19:4 climbed a sycamore-fig tree: This act was very undignified for a man of Zacchaeus’ power and wealth; it shows his genuine spiritual interest in Jesus.
OET (OET-LV) And having_run_ahead ahead, he_went_up in a_sycamore_tree, in_order_that he_may_see him, because he_was_going to_be_passing_through of_that way.
OET (OET-RV) so he ran along ahead of the crowd and climbed a sycamore tree so that he could see Yeshua as he walked past.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.