OET interlinear JDG 11:8

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

לָ⁠כֵן֙ עַתָּה֙ שַׁ֣בְנוּ אֵלֶ֔י⁠ךָ

for=so/thus/hence (Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said elders_of Gilˊād to/towards Yiftāḩ/(Jephthah) for=so/thus/hence now returned to,you and,you_will_come with,us and,you_will_fight against,the_people_of ˊAmmōn and,you_will_become to/for=ourselves (into),chief to=all/each/any/every inhabitants_of Gilˊād )

The elders are using the word translated as Therefore to acknowledge the reason why they have returned to Jephthah to ask for his help. They do not mean that they have come because they hate Jephthah or because they drove him out. They mean that they have come because they have trouble. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [Yes, it is because we are in trouble that we have returned to you]

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-condition-hypothetical

וְ⁠הָלַכְתָּ֣ עִמָּ֔⁠נוּ וְ⁠נִלְחַמְתָּ֖ בִּ⁠בְנֵ֣י עַמּ֑וֹן וְ⁠הָיִ֤יתָ לָּ֨⁠נוּ֙ לְ⁠רֹ֔אשׁ לְ⁠כֹ֖ל יֹשְׁבֵ֥י גִלְעָֽד

(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said elders_of Gilˊād to/towards Yiftāḩ/(Jephthah) for=so/thus/hence now returned to,you and,you_will_come with,us and,you_will_fight against,the_people_of ˊAmmōn and,you_will_become to/for=ourselves (into),chief to=all/each/any/every inhabitants_of Gilˊād )

The elders are actually describing a condition in which a second event will take place if a first event does. Alternate translation: [Now if you come with us and fight with the sons of Ammon, then you shall be for us the head of all of the dwellers of Gilead]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לְ⁠רֹ֔אשׁ

(into),chief

See how you translated the same term in [10:18](../10/18.md). Alternate translation: [the ruler]