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 C16 C17 C18 C20 C21
Hero 19 V1 V2 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30
◄ ← HERO (JDG) 19:3 ↓ → ► ║ ≡ ©
OET-LV And_ her/its_husband/man _he/it_rose_up and_he/it_went after_her to_speak to her/its_heart mmm[fn] and_servant_of_his with_him/it and_a_pair_of donkeys and_she_brought_him the_house_of her_father_of_her and_he_saw_him the_father_of the_young_woman and_he_rejoiced to_meet_him.
19:3 OSHB variant note: ל/השיב/ו: (x-qere) ’לַ/הֲשִׁיבָ֔/הּ’: lemma=l/7725 n=1.1 morph=HR/Vhc/Sp3fs id=079hY לַ/הֲשִׁיבָ֔/הּ
OET (OET-RV) Then her husband got organised and went after her—to sweet-talk her and persuade her to return with him. He took a young servant man and a team of donkeys. She invited her husband into her father’s house, and when her father saw him, he was glad to meet him.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
לְדַבֵּ֤ר עַל־לִבָּהּ֙
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_rose_up her/its=husband/man and=he/it_went after,her to,speak on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in her/its=heart ל,השיב,ו and,servant_of,his with=him/it and,a_pair_of donkeys and,she,brought_him house_of her_father_of,her and,he,saw_him father_of of,the_young_woman and,he_rejoiced to,meet,him )
The author is using a common expression of his culture to mean that the Levite wanted to speak tenderly to his concubine to persuade her to return. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [to speak tenderly to her]
OET-LV And_ her/its_husband/man _he/it_rose_up and_he/it_went after_her to_speak to her/its_heart mmm[fn] and_servant_of_his with_him/it and_a_pair_of donkeys and_she_brought_him the_house_of her_father_of_her and_he_saw_him the_father_of the_young_woman and_he_rejoiced to_meet_him.
19:3 OSHB variant note: ל/השיב/ו: (x-qere) ’לַ/הֲשִׁיבָ֔/הּ’: lemma=l/7725 n=1.1 morph=HR/Vhc/Sp3fs id=079hY לַ/הֲשִׁיבָ֔/הּ
OET (OET-RV) Then her husband got organised and went after her—to sweet-talk her and persuade her to return with him. He took a young servant man and a team of donkeys. She invited her husband into her father’s house, and when her father saw him, he was glad to meet him.
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.