OET interlinear MARK 5:25

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-participants

γυνὴ οὖσα ἐν ῥύσει αἵματος δώδεκα ἔτη

/a/_woman being with /a/_hemorrhage ˱of˲_blood twelve years

Here Mark introduces this woman as a new character in the story. Use a natural form in your language for introducing a new character. Alternate translation: “there was a woman there. She had been with a flow of blood for 12 years”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism

οὖσα ἐν ῥύσει αἵματος

being with /a/_hemorrhage ˱of˲_blood

Mark uses the phrase a flow of blood to refer discreetly to her condition or illness. She was probably experiencing menstrual bleeding at many times, even when it was not the normal time for that. If your language has a polite way of referring to this condition, you could use that expression here, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “suffering from abnormal menstruation” or “suffering from frequent menstrual bleeding”