OET interlinear HERO (JDG) 12:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

וַ⁠יִּקְבֹּ֤ץ יִפְתָּח֙ אֶת־כָּל־אַנְשֵׁ֣י גִלְעָ֔ד וַ⁠יִּלָּ֖חֶם אֶת־אֶפְרָ֑יִם וַ⁠יַּכּוּ֩ אַנְשֵׁ֨י גִלְעָ֜ד אֶת־אֶפְרַ֗יִם כִּ֤י אָמְרוּ֙ פְּלִיטֵ֤י אֶפְרַ֨יִם֙ אַתֶּ֔ם גִּלְעָ֕ד בְּ⁠ת֥וֹךְ אֶפְרַ֖יִם בְּ⁠ת֥וֹךְ מְנַשֶּֽׁה

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_gathered Yiftāḩ/(Jephthah) DOM all/each/any/every men_of Gilˊād and,he_fought DOM Efrayim and,they_defeated men_of Gilˊād DOM ʼEfrayim that/for/because/then/when said fugitives_of ʼEfrayim you(pl) Gilˊādites in_the=middle ʼEfrayim in_the=middle Mənashsheh )

If it would be more natural in your language, you could put the last clause first in the verse, since it gives the reason for the actions that the other clauses describe. Alternate translation: [Then the men of Ephraim said, “You, Gilead, are fugitives of Ephraim in the midst of Ephraim, in the midst of Manasseh.” For that, Jephthah assembled all of the men of Gilead and fought with Ephraim. And the men of Gilead struck Ephraim]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

אֶת־כָּל־אַנְשֵׁ֣י גִלְעָ֔ד

DOM DOM DOM (Some words not found in UHB: and,he_gathered Yiftāḩ/(Jephthah) DOM all/each/any/every men_of Gilˊād and,he_fought DOM Efrayim and,they_defeated men_of Gilˊād DOM ʼEfrayim that/for/because/then/when said fugitives_of ʼEfrayim you(pl) Gilˊādites in_the=middle ʼEfrayim in_the=middle Mənashsheh )

The author is making an overstatement for emphasis. Alternate translation: [his entire Gileadite army]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וַ⁠יַּכּוּ֩ אַנְשֵׁ֨י גִלְעָ֜ד

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_gathered Yiftāḩ/(Jephthah) DOM all/each/any/every men_of Gilˊād and,he_fought DOM Efrayim and,they_defeated men_of Gilˊād DOM ʼEfrayim that/for/because/then/when said fugitives_of ʼEfrayim you(pl) Gilˊādites in_the=middle ʼEfrayim in_the=middle Mənashsheh )

See the introduction to Judges for a discussion of this meaning of the word struck. Alternate translation: [And the men of Gilead attacked]

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

אָמְרוּ֙

said

Since the referent for they might be unclear, you could state it explicitly. Alternate translation: [the Ephraimites had said]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

בְּ⁠ת֥וֹךְ אֶפְרַ֖יִם בְּ⁠ת֥וֹךְ מְנַשֶּֽׁה

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_gathered Yiftāḩ/(Jephthah) DOM all/each/any/every men_of Gilˊād and,he_fought DOM Efrayim and,they_defeated men_of Gilˊād DOM ʼEfrayim that/for/because/then/when said fugitives_of ʼEfrayim you(pl) Gilˊādites in_the=middle ʼEfrayim in_the=middle Mənashsheh )

The people of this culture commonly used the expression in the midst of … in the midst of to mean “in between.” The Ephraimites from the west side of the Jordan River are insulting the Gileadites by suggesting they are fugitives with no permanent territory. Alternate translation: [who live between Ephraim and Manasseh]