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 Num C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31 C32 C33 C34 C35 C36
Num 25 V1 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18
OET-LV And_they_invited (to)_people to_the_sacrifices_of their_gods_of_their and_ the_people _it_ate and_they_bowed_down[fn] to_gods_of_their.
25:2 OSHB note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.
OET (OET-RV) who then invited them to sacrifices to their idols. So the Israelis bowed down to the idols and ate at the feasts,
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
וַתִּקְרֶ֣אןָ לָעָ֔ם
and,they_invited (to),people
The pronoun they refers to the daughters of Moab. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [And the daughters of Moab called to the people]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / possession
לְזִבְחֵ֖י אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ן
to,the_sacrifices_of their_gods_of,their
The author is using the possessive form to describe sacrifices that these people offered to their gods. If this is not clear in your language, you could express the meaning explicitly. Alternate translation: [for the sacrifices that they offered to their gods]
Note 3 topic: translate-symaction
וַיִּֽשְׁתַּחֲוּ֖וּ לֵֽאלֹהֵיהֶֽן
and,they_bowed_down to,gods_of,their
Prostrating themselves was a symbolic action by which the Israelites showed worship and submission to their gods. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action in the text of your translation or in a footnote. Alternate translation: [bowed down to the ground before their gods to show that they worshiped them]
OET-LV And_they_invited (to)_people to_the_sacrifices_of their_gods_of_their and_ the_people _it_ate and_they_bowed_down[fn] to_gods_of_their.
25:2 OSHB note: BHS has been faithful to the Leningrad Codex where there might be a question of the validity of the form and we keep the same form as BHS.
OET (OET-RV) who then invited them to sacrifices to their idols. So the Israelis bowed down to the idols and ate at the feasts,
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.