OET interlinear JDG 10:8

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / events

וַֽ⁠יִּרְעֲצ֤וּ וַ⁠יְרֹֽצְצוּ֙ אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בַּ⁠שָּׁנָ֖ה הַ⁠הִ֑יא שְׁמֹנֶ֨ה עֶשְׂרֵ֜ה שָׁנָ֗ה אֶֽת־כָּל־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ בְּ⁠עֵ֣בֶר הַ⁠יַּרְדֵּ֔ן בְּ⁠אֶ֥רֶץ הָ⁠אֱמֹרִ֖י אֲשֶׁ֥ר בַּ⁠גִּלְעָֽד

and,crushed and,crushed DOM sons_of Yisrael in/on/at/with,year the,that eight teen year DOM all/each/any/every sons_of Yisrael which/who in/on/at/with,other_side the,Jordan in=land the=Emori which/who in/on/at/with,Gilead

The author is describing one event before describing an event that preceded it. In your translation, you may wish to relate these events in the order in which they happened. The UST models one way to do this.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַֽ⁠יִּרְעֲצ֤וּ וַ⁠יְרֹֽצְצוּ֙ אֶת־בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בַּ⁠שָּׁנָ֖ה הַ⁠הִ֑יא

and,crushed and,crushed DOM sons_of Yisrael in/on/at/with,year the,that

The author is using the phrase in that year to mean implicitly that the Ammonites began to oppress all of the Israelites, not just the ones living east of the Jordan, as soon as Yahweh decided in his anger to punish and discipline the Israelites. If you decide to relate the events in this verse in the same order that the author does, you could indicate this explicitly in your translation. Alternate translation: “Right away the Ammonites began to shatter and crush all of the Israelites”

Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns

וַֽ⁠יִּרְעֲצ֤וּ וַ⁠יְרֹֽצְצוּ֙

and,crushed and,crushed

The pronoun they refers to the “sons of Ammon” or Ammonites, as the next verse makes clear. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: “And the Ammonites shattered and crushed”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וַֽ⁠יִּרְעֲצ֤וּ וַ⁠יְרֹֽצְצוּ֙

and,crushed and,crushed

The author is speaking as if the Israelites had literally been an object such as a clay jar that could be shattered or a skull that could be crushed. (The author uses the same verb for “crush” in 9:53 to describe what the millstone did to Abimelek’s skull.) If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “And they afflicted and oppressed”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

וַֽ⁠יִּרְעֲצ֤וּ וַ⁠יְרֹֽצְצוּ֙

and,crushed and,crushed

The terms shattered and crushed mean similar things. The author is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: “And they severely oppressed”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

שְׁמֹנֶ֨ה עֶשְׂרֵ֜ה שָׁנָ֗ה אֶֽת־כָּל־בְּנֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙ אֲשֶׁר֙ בְּ⁠עֵ֣בֶר הַ⁠יַּרְדֵּ֔ן

eight teen year DOM all/each/any/every sons_of Yisrael which/who in/on/at/with,other_side the,Jordan

The author is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “For the previous 18 years, they had oppressed all the sons of Israel who were on the other side of the Jordan”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

בְּ⁠עֵ֣בֶר הַ⁠יַּרְדֵּ֔ן

in/on/at/with,other_side the,Jordan

The author is speaking from a vantage point west of the Jordan River, so the other side implicitly means the east side. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “were on the east side of the Jordan”

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

בְּ⁠אֶ֥רֶץ הָ⁠אֱמֹרִ֖י

in=land the=Emori

The author is using this possessive form to provide a more specific description of where these Israelites were living. He is referring to the land that the Israelites conquered from the Amorites. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: “in the land that the Israelites conquered from the Amorites”

Note 9 topic: writing-background

אֲשֶׁ֥ר בַּ⁠גִּלְעָֽד

which/who in/on/at/with,Gilead

The author is using this phrase to indicate that the land he is describing is the area that his readers probably know better as Gilead. Alternate translation: “which is now known as Gilead”