InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Hero C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21
Hero 16 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31
◄ ← HERO (JDG) 16:24 ↓ → ► ║ ≡ ©
OET-LV And_ the_people _they_saw DOM_him/it and_they_praised DOM god_of_their if/because they_said god_of_our he_has_given in_hand_of_our DOM enemy_of_our and_DOM the_one_who_desolates_of land_of_our and_which he_has_multiplied DOM our_slain_of_ones.
OET (OET-RV) When the people saw him, they praised their god, saying, “Our god has helped us capture our enemy—the devastator of our region who killed so many of us.”
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
וַֽיְהַלְל֖וּ אֶת־אֱלֹהֵיהֶ֑ם כִּ֣י אָמְר֗וּ נָתַ֨ן אֱלֹהֵ֤ינוּ בְיָדֵ֨נוּ֙ אֶת־א֣וֹיְבֵ֔נוּ וְאֵת֙ מַחֲרִ֣יב אַרְצֵ֔נוּ וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר הִרְבָּ֖ה אֶת־חֲלָלֵֽינוּ
and,they_praised DOM god_of,their (Some words not found in UHB: and=they_saw DOM=him/it the,people and,they_praised DOM god_of,their that/for/because/then/when said he/it_gave god_of,our in,hand_of,our DOM enemy_of,our and=DOM ravager_of land_of,our and=which multiplied DOM our_slain_of,[ones] )
If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the result that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: [and they said, “Our god has given into our hand our enemy and the devastator of our land, who multiplied our slain,” so they praised their god]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys
אֶת־א֣וֹיְבֵ֔נוּ וְאֵת֙ מַחֲרִ֣יב אַרְצֵ֔נוּ
DOM DOM enemy_of,our and=DOM ravager_of land_of,our
The people are expressing a single idea by using two phrases connected with and. The phrase about Samson being a devastator tells in what way he was their enemy. Alternate translation: [our enemy who devastated our land]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj
וַאֲשֶׁ֥ר הִרְבָּ֖ה אֶת־חֲלָלֵֽינוּ
(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_saw DOM=him/it the,people and,they_praised DOM god_of,their that/for/because/then/when said he/it_gave god_of,our in,hand_of,our DOM enemy_of,our and=DOM ravager_of land_of,our and=which multiplied DOM our_slain_of,[ones] )
The Philistines are using the adjective slain as a noun to mean people who have been killed. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can use a different form of the same root. Alternate translation: [who slew so many of our people]
OET-LV And_ the_people _they_saw DOM_him/it and_they_praised DOM god_of_their if/because they_said god_of_our he_has_given in_hand_of_our DOM enemy_of_our and_DOM the_one_who_desolates_of land_of_our and_which he_has_multiplied DOM our_slain_of_ones.
OET (OET-RV) When the people saw him, they praised their god, saying, “Our god has helped us capture our enemy—the devastator of our region who killed so many of us.”
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.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.