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OET (OET-LV) Because he_looked_at on the humiliation of_the handmaiden of_him.
For/Because see, from the time now all the generations will_be_counting_ me _blessed.
OET (OET-RV) because he noticed his humble servant girl.
⇔ Look now, all the future generations will consider that I was blessed
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
ὅτι
because
The word For introduces the reason for what the previous sentence described. Alternate translation: “And this is why”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
ἐπέβλεψεν ἐπὶ
˱he˲_looked_at on
As in 1:25, looked upon is an idiom that means “shown regard for.” Alternate translation: “he has kindly chosen”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
τὴν ταπείνωσιν τῆς δούλης αὐτοῦ
the humiliation ˱of˲_the handmaiden ˱of˲_him
Mary is speaking of her low condition to mean herself. Alternate translation: “me to serve him, even though I am not very important”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
ἰδοὺ γὰρ
behold for
The term behold focuses the attention of the listener on what the speaker is about to say. Alternate translation: “Just think!”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
πᾶσαι αἱ γενεαί
all the generations
Mary uses the term generations to mean the people who will be born in all future generations. Alternate translation: “the people of all future generations”
1:48 all generations will call me blessed: In Middle Eastern culture, honor and shame were extremely important, and one’s legacy to future generations was highly cherished.
OET (OET-LV) Because he_looked_at on the humiliation of_the handmaiden of_him.
For/Because see, from the time now all the generations will_be_counting_ me _blessed.
OET (OET-RV) because he noticed his humble servant girl.
⇔ Look now, all the future generations will consider that I was blessed
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 SR Greek text, lemmas, morphology, and VLT gloss are all thanks to the SR-GNT.