1.5 KiB
A man of God
This means that the man was sent by God. This can be made explicit. AT: "A man that God sent" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
his appearance was like that of an angel of God, very terrible
Here "terrible" means "frightening." AT: "I was very afraid of him because he looked like an angel of God" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile)
Look
"Pay attention" or "Listen"
give birth to a son
This refers to childbirth. AT: "bear a son" or "have a baby boy" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom)
any food that the law declares to be unclean
Something that Yahweh has stated is unfit to eat is spoken of as if it were physically unclean. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor)
a Nazirite to God
This means that he will be devoted to God as a Nazirite. See how you translated this in Judges 3:5. AT: "a Nazirite devoted to God" or "devoted to God as a Nazirite" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-explicit)
from the time he is in your womb until the day of his death
This emphasizes that it would be for his entire life. AT: "all his life" (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-merism)
translationWords
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/god
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/angel
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/wine
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/strongdrink
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/lawofmoses
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/clean
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/nazirite
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/womb
- rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death