OET interlinear MARK 4:5

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

ἄλλο

other

Jesus is using the adjective other as a noun to mean some of the rest of the seed that did not fall beside the road. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate this word with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: “some of the rest of the seed”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

τὸ πετρῶδες, ὅπου οὐκ εἶχεν γῆν πολλήν

the rocky_‹place› the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: καὶ ἄλλο ἔπεσεν ἐπὶ τὸ πετρῶδες καὶ ὅπου οὐκ εἶχεν γῆν πολλήν καὶ εὐθὺς ἐξανέτειλεν διὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν βάθος γῆς)

Here Jesus describes an area that has a thin layer of soil on top of a layer of rocks. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a word or phrase that describes this kind of area. Alternate translation: “a thin layer of soil on top of rocks” or “a rocky area, where there was very little soil”

Note 3 topic: grammar-collectivenouns

ἄλλο & οὐκ εἶχεν & ἐξανέτειλεν & τὸ μὴ ἔχειν

other & not ˱it˲_/was/_having & sprang_up & the not /to_be/_having

In this verse, the word other and the word it throughout the verse are singular in form, but they refer to many seeds as a group. If it would be helpful in your language, you could say this plainly. Alternate translation: “others … they did not have … they sprang up … they did not have”

Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

εὐθὺς ἐξανέτειλεν διὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν βάθος γῆς

immediately sprang_up because_of the not /to_be/_having depth ˱of˲_soil

If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these clauses, since the second clause gives the reason for the result that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: “because it did not have deep soil, immediately it sprang up”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

ἐξανέτειλεν

sprang_up

Here, the phrase sprang up refers to how plants sprout or begin to grow. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable phrase. Alternate translation: “it came up” or “it began to grow”