OET interlinear MAT 13:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

συνήχθησαν πρὸς αὐτὸν ὄχλοι πολλοί

/were/_gathered_together to him crowds great

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “large crowds gathered to him” or “large crowds came to listen to him”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

καθῆσθαι

/to_be/_sitting

Just as in the previous verse, Jesus sat down to teach. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “sat down down to instruct the people” or “sat down as a teacher does”

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

ἐπὶ τὸν αἰγιαλὸν

on the shore

The word beach refers to the ground next to a body of water when this ground is covered by sand or small rocks. If your readers would not be familiar with this type of terrain, you could use the name of something similar in your area or you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: “on the edge of the sea” or “on the sandy area by the water”