OET interlinear JDG 11:11

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / events

וַ⁠יָּשִׂ֨ימוּ הָ⁠עָ֥ם אוֹת֛⁠וֹ עֲלֵי⁠הֶ֖ם לְ⁠רֹ֣אשׁ וּ⁠לְ⁠קָצִ֑ין וַ⁠יְדַבֵּ֨ר יִפְתָּ֧ח אֶת־כָּל־דְּבָרָ֛י⁠ו לִ⁠פְנֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה בַּ⁠מִּצְפָּֽה

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_went Yiftāḩ/(Jephthah) with elders_of Gilˊād and,they_made the,people ,him over,them into,chief and,into,commander and=he/it_spoke Yiftāḩ/(Jephthah) DOM all/each/any/every words_of,his to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH in,Mizpah )

It may be that Jephthah reaffirmed the commitments that he and the elders had made to each other before he formally became the head and commander of the people. In your translation, you may wish to relate these events in that order. Alternate translation: [And after Jephthah spoke all of his words to the face of Yahweh at Mizpah, the people set him over them as head and as commander]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לְ⁠רֹ֣אשׁ וּ⁠לְ⁠קָצִ֑ין

into,chief and,into,commander

See how you translated the word head in [11:8–9](../11/08.md). Alternate translation: [not only as their military commander but also as their ruler]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

אֶת־כָּל־דְּבָרָ֛י⁠ו

DOM (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_went Yiftāḩ/(Jephthah) with elders_of Gilˊād and,they_made the,people ,him over,them into,chief and,into,commander and=he/it_spoke Yiftāḩ/(Jephthah) DOM all/each/any/every words_of,his to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH in,Mizpah )

The author is using the term words to represent something that Jephthah said by using words. It seems that he repeated at Mizpah the same thing he said to the elders in [11:9](../11/09.md). Alternate translation: [the same thing he had said to the elders]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לִ⁠פְנֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה

to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH

Here, to the face of represents being in the presence of Yahweh. This is probably a reference to a solemn assembly of the people, where it was understood that Yahweh would be present. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [in a solemn assembly of the people, where Yahweh was present]