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OET (OET-LV) And_now YHWH the_god of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) he_has_dispossessed DOM the_Emori from_face/in_front_of people_his Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) and_you(ms) possess_it.
OET (OET-RV) So since it was Israel’s God Yahweh that expelled the Amorites out of the presence of his people Israel, do you actually think that you can take it now?
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases
וְעַתָּ֞ה
and=now
The phrase translated as And now is an expression that was used in letters and messages of this time to introduce the main business that the sender wished to address. If your language has a comparable expression that it uses for this same purpose, you can use it in your translation. If not, you do not have to translate this phrase explicitly; you can indicate in other ways that this is the main point that Jephthah wanted his messengers to make. Alternate translation: “Here is my main point:”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
וְאַתָּ֖ה תִּירָשֶֽׁנּוּ
and=you(ms) possess,it
Jephthah’s messengers are using the question form for emphasis. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: “So do not think that you can possess it!”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / yousingular
וְאַתָּ֖ה תִּירָשֶֽׁנּוּ
and=you(ms) possess,it
As in 11:19, the word you is singular here, and it is also singular for the rest of this speech (with one exception that these notes will indicate), because the messengers are addressing the Ammonite king. So use the singular form in your translation if your language marks that distinction.
11:12-28 Jephthah initially tried to solve the problem by diplomatic rather than military means (cp. Deut 20:10-11).
• Unlike the nomadic, marauding Midianites of Gideon’s day, the Ammonites were a settled tribe whose territory lay to the east of Israel’s holdings in Transjordan (east of the Jordan); Rabbah was the Ammonite capital. The Ammonites, like the Moabites (both descendants of Lot) and the Edomites (Esau’s descendants), were to be left alone, as their territories were assigned to them by the Lord (Deut 2:16-23).
• Contrary to the Ammonite king’s contention, the Amorites, not Ammon or Moab, lived between the Arnon and Jabbok rivers at the time of the conquest. In response to Sihon’s refusal to let Israel pass, the Lord had given the land of the Amorite kings Sihon and Og to Israel. The Ammonite king had no legitimate quarrel with Israel.
OET (OET-LV) And_now YHWH the_god of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) he_has_dispossessed DOM the_Emori from_face/in_front_of people_his Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) and_you(ms) possess_it.
OET (OET-RV) So since it was Israel’s God Yahweh that expelled the Amorites out of the presence of his people Israel, do you actually think that you can take it now?
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.