OET interlinear JDG 17:5

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-participants

וְ⁠הָ⁠אִ֣ישׁ מִיכָ֔ה

and,the,man Mīkāh

The author is using this phrase to reintroduce Micah as the leading participant in the next part of this story. If your language has its own way of reintroducing participants, you can use it here in your translation.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בֵּ֣ית אֱלֹהִ֑ים

(Some words not found in UHB: and,the,man Mīkāh to=him/it house_of ʼElohīm and=he/it_made ephod and,teraphim and,he_filled DOM hand_of one of,sons_of,his and=he/it_was to=him/it (into)_a,priest )

The author is speaking about the shrine where Micah kept his idols as if it were a house in which the gods lived whom these idols represented. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [was a shrine where he kept idols]

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

וּ⁠תְרָפִ֔ים

and,teraphim

The term teraphim describes small idols that people kept in their homes. If your readers would not be familiar with what these were, 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: [domestic deities]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וַ⁠יְמַלֵּ֗א אֶת־יַ֤ד אַחַד֙ מִ⁠בָּנָ֔י⁠ו

(Some words not found in UHB: and,the,man Mīkāh to=him/it house_of ʼElohīm and=he/it_made ephod and,teraphim and,he_filled DOM hand_of one of,sons_of,his and=he/it_was to=him/it (into)_a,priest )

The author is using a common expression of his culture to mean that Micah appointed his son as a priest. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and he chose one of his sons to serve at the shrine]