InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Neh C1 C2 C3 C4 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13
Neh 5 V1 V2 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19
OET-LV And_there_were those_who were_saying fields_of_our and_vineyards_of_our and_houses_of_our we are_mortgaging and_we_will_get grain in_famine.
OET (OET-RV) Others said, “We are mortgaging our fields and vineyards, and our houses so we can get grain during this famine.”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וְיֵשׁ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֹמְרִ֔ים
and,there_[were] (Some words not found in UHB: and,there_[were] which/who saying fields_of,our and,vineyards_of,our and,houses_of,our we mortgaging and,we_will_get grain in,famine )
See the applicable note to 2:2. Alternate translation: [Others added]
Note 2 topic: translate-unknown
שְׂדֹתֵ֛ינוּ וּכְרָמֵ֥ינוּ וּבָתֵּ֖ינוּ אֲנַ֣חְנוּ עֹרְבִ֑ים וְנִקְחָ֥ה דָגָ֖ן בָּרָעָֽב
(Some words not found in UHB: and,there_[were] which/who saying fields_of,our and,vineyards_of,our and,houses_of,our we mortgaging and,we_will_get grain in,famine )
It might be helpful to explain to your readers what a mortgage is, if you think they might not know. Alternate translation: [We have had to promise to give someone our fields, vineyards, and houses if we do not pay back the money we borrowed. We had to borrow the money to buy food during this time when food is scarce.]
OET-LV And_there_were those_who were_saying fields_of_our and_vineyards_of_our and_houses_of_our we are_mortgaging and_we_will_get grain in_famine.
OET (OET-RV) Others said, “We are mortgaging our fields and vineyards, and our houses so we can get grain during this famine.”
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.