OET interlinear MAT 15:27

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

ναί

yes

Here, the woman uses the word Yes to indicate that she understands and agrees with Jesus. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “Yes, I agree” or “Yes, that is true”

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

καὶ γὰρ

even for

Here, the word For introduces the woman’s further explanation of what Jesus said about children and little dogs. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that introduces an explanation, or you could leave for untranslated. Alternate translation: “but it is also true” or “yet even further,”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / parables

καὶ γὰρ τὰ κυνάρια ἐσθίει ἀπὸ τῶν ψιχίων τῶν πιπτόντων ἀπὸ τῆς τραπέζης τῶν κυρίων αὐτῶν

even for the little_dogs /is/_eating of the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἡ δὲ εἶπεν ναί Κύριε καὶ γὰρ τὰ κυνάρια ἐσθίει ἀπὸ τῶν τῶν ψιχίων τῶν τῶν πιπτόντων πιπτόντων ἀπὸ τῆς τραπέζης τῶν κυρίων αὐτῶν)

To ask Jesus to help her, the woman offers a story or illustration based on the parable that Jesus told in 15:26. In the story, the little dogs represent non-Jewish people, and the crumbs represent the help that Jesus gives to people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could indicate that this is a story with a specific message, or you could explain what the parable means. Alternate translation: “and here is a similar story: the little dogs eat from the crumbs falling from the table of their masters” or “for also the little dogs eat from the crumbs falling from the table of their masters. That is what helping me would be like”

Note 4 topic: translate-unknown

τὰ κυνάρια

the little_dogs

See you how you translated this phrase in 15:26. Alternate translation: “to the domesticated animals” or “to the scavenging animals”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τῶν ψιχίων τῶν πιπτόντων ἀπὸ τῆς τραπέζης τῶν κυρίων αὐτῶν

the ¬which ˱of˲_the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: ἡ δὲ εἶπεν ναί Κύριε καὶ γὰρ τὰ κυνάρια ἐσθίει ἀπὸ τῶν τῶν ψιχίων τῶν τῶν πιπτόντων πιπτόντων ἀπὸ τῆς τραπέζης τῶν κυρίων αὐτῶν)

Here the woman refers to how dogs often eat bits of food that fall off the table where the dogs’ owners are eating. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “the bits of food that fall off the place where their masters are eating”

Note 6 topic: grammar-collectivenouns

τῆς τραπέζης

the table

In this verse, the word table is singular in form, but it refers to all the tables of their masters as a group. If it would be helpful in your language, you could say this plainly. Alternate translation: “the tables”