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OET (OET-LV) And suddenly a_multitude of_the_ heavenly _army became with the messenger, praising the god and saying,
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
πλῆθος στρατιᾶς οὐρανίου
/a/_multitude ˱of˲_/the/_army heavenly
This phrase could refer to a literal army of angels, or it could be speaking of a large organized group of angels. Alternate translation: “a large group of angels from heaven”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys
αἰνούντων τὸν Θεὸν καὶ λεγόντων
praising ¬the God and saying
Luke is expressing a single idea by using two verbs connected with and. The angels said these words in order to praise God. Alternate translation: “who praised God by saying”
2:13 The armies of heaven reveal God’s sovereign power and authority (2 Kgs 6:17; Ps 148:2). “Lord of Heaven’s Armies” is a common Old Testament name for God (e.g., 1 Sam 1:11; 17:45; 2 Sam 7:8; Isa 5:16; Rom 9:29; Jas 5:4).
OET (OET-LV) And suddenly a_multitude of_the_ heavenly _army became with the messenger, praising the god and saying,
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.