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
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2 Chr 13 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22
People tagged in the matching LV passage: God
OET-LV And_ Yəhūdāh _they_turned and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE to/for_them the_battle before and_behind and_they_cried_out to/for_YHWH and_the_priests were_blowing_a_trumpet[fn] on_trumpets.
13:14 OSHB variant note: מחצצרים: (x-qere) ’מַחְצְרִ֖ים’: lemma=2690 n=0.0 morph=HVhrmpa id=14yLe מַחְצְרִ֖ים
OET (OET-RV) When the warriors from Yehudah turned, wow, they realised they were being attacked from in front and from behind. They called out to Yahweh for help while the priests blew their trumpets.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
(Occurrence 0) When Judah looked back
(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_turned Yehuda and=see/lo/see! to/for=them the,battle front and,behind and,they_cried_out to/for=YHWH and,the,priests blew on,trumpets )
Here “Judah” represents the soldiers in the army of Judah. Alternate translation: [When the soldiers of Judah looked back]
(Occurrence 0) behold
(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_turned Yehuda and=see/lo/see! to/for=them the,battle front and,behind and,they_cried_out to/for=YHWH and,the,priests blew on,trumpets )
The word “behold” here shows that the soldiers were surprised by what they saw.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
(Occurrence 0) the fighting was both in front of them and behind them
(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_turned Yehuda and=see/lo/see! to/for=them the,battle front and,behind and,they_cried_out to/for=YHWH and,the,priests blew on,trumpets )
The word “fighting” can be translated as a verb. Alternate translation: [the army of Israel was fighting them from the front and from the back]
OET-LV And_ Yəhūdāh _they_turned and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE to/for_them the_battle before and_behind and_they_cried_out to/for_YHWH and_the_priests were_blowing_a_trumpet[fn] on_trumpets.
13:14 OSHB variant note: מחצצרים: (x-qere) ’מַחְצְרִ֖ים’: lemma=2690 n=0.0 morph=HVhrmpa id=14yLe מַחְצְרִ֖ים
OET (OET-RV) When the warriors from Yehudah turned, wow, they realised they were being attacked from in front and from behind. They called out to Yahweh for help while the priests blew their trumpets.
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.
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