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OET (OET-LV) And_it_was just_as_finish the_officials to_speak to the_people and_they_will_appoint commanders_of armies at_the_head_of the_people.
OET (OET-RV) Once they’ve finished speaking with the fighting men, they must appoint commanders over them.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-time-sequential
כְּכַלֹּ֥ת הַשֹּׁטְרִ֖ים לְדַבֵּ֣ר אֶל־הָעָ֑ם וּפָֽקְד֛וּ שָׂרֵ֥י צְבָא֖וֹת בְּרֹ֥אשׁ הָעָֽם
(Some words not found in UHB: and=it_was just,as_finish the,officials to,speak to/towards the,people and,they_will_appoint commanders_of armies/messengers at,the_head_of of,the_people )
The phrase as the officers finish speaking to the people, then they shall appoint leaders shows a sequence of events with one action following the other. The word “then” indicates that the appointment of leaders happens after the officers finish their speech. If your language has a different way to show this sequence of events, you can use that in your translation. Alternate translation: [after the officers finish speaking to the people, they shall appoint leaders of the armies as heads of the people] or [the officers will first finish speaking to the people and afterward they will appoint leaders of the armies as heads of the people]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
בְּרֹ֥אשׁ הָעָֽם
(Some words not found in UHB: and=it_was just,as_finish the,officials to,speak to/towards the,people and,they_will_appoint commanders_of armies/messengers at,the_head_of of,the_people )
Here Moses is speaking as if the military leaders were actually the heads of the people. Just as the head controls and directs the body, these leaders would command and direct the people in battle. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [leaders who will command the people] or [those who will have authority over the soldiers]
OET (OET-LV) And_it_was just_as_finish the_officials to_speak to the_people and_they_will_appoint commanders_of armies at_the_head_of the_people.
OET (OET-RV) Once they’ve finished speaking with the fighting men, they must appoint commanders over them.
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.