OET interlinear MAT 16:12

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

συνῆκαν

˱they˲_understood

The pronoun they refers to the disciples. If this is not clear for your readers, you could refer to them more directly. Alternate translation: “the disciples understood”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

οὐκ εἶπεν προσέχειν ἀπὸ τῆς ζύμης τῶν ἄρτων, ἀλλὰ ἀπὸ τῆς διδαχῆς τῶν Φαρισαίων καὶ Σαδδουκαίων

not ˱he˲_said /to_be/_taking_heed of the leaven ˱of˲_the loaves but of the teaching ˱of˲_the Pharisees and Sadducees

If your language would not naturally put the negative statement before the positive statement, you could reverse the two clauses here. Alternate translation: “he had told them to guard from the teaching of the Pharisees and Sadducees, not from the yeast of loaves”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

τῆς ζύμης τῶν ἄρτων

the leaven ˱of˲_the loaves

Here, Matthew is using the possessive form to describe yeast that people use to make loaves. If this is not clear in your language, you could express the idea in another way. Alternate translation: “the yeast used to make loaves”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

ἀλλὰ ἀπὸ

but of

Matthew is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You could supply these words from earlier in the sentence if it would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “but to guard from”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

τῆς διδαχῆς τῶν Φαρισαίων καὶ Σαδδουκαίων

the the teaching ˱of˲_the Pharisees and Sadducees

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of teaching, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “the things that the Pharisees and Sadducees taught”