OET interlinear JDG 11:1

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-background

וְ⁠יִפְתָּ֣ח הַ⁠גִּלְעָדִ֗י הָיָה֙ גִּבּ֣וֹר חַ֔יִל וְ⁠ה֖וּא בֶּן־אִשָּׁ֣ה זוֹנָ֑ה וַ⁠יּ֥וֹלֶד גִּלְעָ֖ד אֶת־יִפְתָּֽח

and,Jephthah the,Gileadite it_became mighty mighty and=he son_of woman/wife prostitute and=he/it_fathered Gilˊād DOM Yiftāḩ/(Jephthah)

Here and in the next two verses, the author is providing background information to help readers understand what happens next in the story. In your translation, introduce this information in a way that would be natural in your own language and culture.

Note 2 topic: writing-participants

וְ⁠יִפְתָּ֣ח הַ⁠גִּלְעָדִ֗י הָיָה֙ גִּבּ֣וֹר חַ֔יִל

and,Jephthah the,Gileadite it_became mighty mighty

The author is using introducing Jephthah as a new participant in the story. If your language has its own way of introducing new participants, you can use it here in your translation. Alternate translation: “Now there was a man named Jephthah, a Gileadite, who was a warrior of valor”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

גִּבּ֣וֹר חַ֔יִל

mighty mighty

See how you translated the same expression in 6:12. Alternate translation: “a valiant warrior”

Note 4 topic: translate-names

גִּלְעָ֖ד

Gilˊād

Here the word Gilead is the name of a man, not the name of a region. But the word Gileadite does refer to someone who came from the region called Gilead.