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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_went Shimshōn and_caught three hundred(s) foxes and_he/it_took torches and_turned tail to tail and_he/it_assigned a_torch one between the_two the_tails in/on/at/with_middle.
OET (OET-RV) Then he went and captured three hundred foxes and tied them in pairs—tail to tail. He took torches, and tied one torch between the tails of each pair.
Note 1 topic: translate-unknown
שׁוּעָלִ֑ים
foxes
A fox is a small wild dog. If your readers would not be familiar with what a fox is, in your translation you could use the name of a similar thing that your readers would recognize, or you could use a general expression. Alternate translation: “coyotes” or “wild dogs”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וַיֶּ֣פֶן זָנָ֣ב אֶל־זָנָ֗ב וַיָּ֨שֶׂם לַפִּ֥יד אֶחָ֛ד בֵּין־שְׁנֵ֥י הַזְּנָב֖וֹת בַּתָּֽוֶךְ
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_went Shimshōn and,caught three hundreds foxes and=he/it_took torches and,turned tail to/towards tail and=he/it_assigned torch one(ms) between two_of the,tails in/on/at/with,middle )
The author assumes that the reader will know that Samson tied the foxes’ tails together in pairs. You could say that explicitly if it would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “and he tied the foxes’ tails together in pairs, and he put one torch between each pair of tails”
15:3-5 In revenge, Samson devastated the harvest of grain, wine (vineyards), and cooking oil (olive groves).
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_went Shimshōn and_caught three hundred(s) foxes and_he/it_took torches and_turned tail to tail and_he/it_assigned a_torch one between the_two the_tails in/on/at/with_middle.
OET (OET-RV) Then he went and captured three hundred foxes and tied them in pairs—tail to tail. He took torches, and tied one torch between the tails of each pair.
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.