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OET (OET-LV) and_he/it_was in_the_days the_those and_a_king there_was_not in_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) and_he/it_was a_man a_Lēviyyiy sojourning in_the_the_remotest_parts_of the_hill_country_of ʼEfrayim and_he/it_took to_him/it a_woman a_concubine from food/grain/bread Yəhūdāh/(Judah).
OET (OET-RV) In those days when there was no king over Yisrael, there was a Levite man who was staying in the remotest parts of the hill country of Efrayim. He took a slave-wife for himself from Bethlehem in Yehudah.
Note 1 topic: writing-newevent
וַיְהִי֙
and=he/it_was
The author is using this phrase to introduce a new event in the story. Use a word, phrase, or other method in your language that is natural for introducing a new event.
Note 2 topic: writing-participants
אִ֣ישׁ לֵוִ֗י
(a)_man Levi
The author is using this phrase to introduce the Levite as a new participant in the story. If your language has its own way of introducing new participants, you can use it here in your translation. Alternate translation: [there was a certain Levite]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
בְּיַרְכְּתֵ֣י הַר־אֶפְרַ֔יִם
in,the_the_remotest_parts_of hill_country_of ʼEfrayim
The author is speaking as if the hill country were a living creature with flanks. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [in the remote parts of the hill country of Ephraim]
Note 4 topic: writing-participants
אִשָּׁ֣ה פִילֶ֔גֶשׁ
woman/wife concubine
The author is using this phrase to introduce the concubine as a new participant in the story. If your language has its own way of introducing new participants, you can use it here in your translation. Alternate translation: [a woman to be his concubine]
OET (OET-LV) and_he/it_was in_the_days the_those and_a_king there_was_not in_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) and_he/it_was a_man a_Lēviyyiy sojourning in_the_the_remotest_parts_of the_hill_country_of ʼEfrayim and_he/it_took to_him/it a_woman a_concubine from food/grain/bread Yəhūdāh/(Judah).
OET (OET-RV) In those days when there was no king over Yisrael, there was a Levite man who was staying in the remotest parts of the hill country of Efrayim. He took a slave-wife for himself from Bethlehem in Yehudah.
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.