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OET (OET-RV) ⇔ Naftali is a doe that’s been untied.
⇔ He says beautiful words.[fn]
49:21 Or ‘has beautiful fawns’.
נַפְתָּלִ֖י
Naftālī
Alternate translation: “As for Naphtali, he and his descendants”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
אַיָּלָ֣ה
doe
This metaphor pictures a deer that swiftly runs away after being released from captivity. Alternate translation: “will be swift like a doe” or “will be warriors who are swift like a deer”
שְׁלֻחָ֑ה
let_untie/release
Alternate translation: “that is set free.” or “that has been released to run freely.” or “that is free to go wherever it wants.”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person
הַנֹּתֵ֖ן אִמְרֵי שָֽׁפֶר
the,bears fawns beautiful
The Hebrew text is ambiguous here. It could mean: (1) “He/They/You will also speak eloquently.” or “They/You will also be gifted/excellent speakers/negotiators.” or (2) “and that bears/has beautiful/healthy fawns.” or “He/They/You will have beautiful children.” If you made Naphtali’s descendants explicit at the beginning of this verse, make sure you use a plural pronoun (“they” or “you”) here.
49:21 Naphtali, like a doe, would be a free mountain people (cp. Judg 5:18). The tribe settled in the hilly region northwest of the Sea of Galilee.
OET (OET-RV) ⇔ Naftali is a doe that’s been untied.
⇔ He says beautiful words.[fn]
49:21 Or ‘has beautiful fawns’.
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.