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 C19 C21
Hero 20 V1 V3 V5 V7 V9 V13 V15 V17 V19 V21 V23 V25 V27 V29 V31 V33 V35 V37 V39 V41 V43 V45 V47
◄ ← HERO (JDG) 20:11 ↓ → ► ║ ≡ ©
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole
וַיֵּֽאָסֵ֞ף כָּל־אִ֤ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙
(Some words not found in UHB: and,it_gathered all/each/any/every (a)_man Yisrael to/towards the=city like,a_man one(ms) united )
The author is using an overstatement to emphasize how many Israelite men came. Not literally every man came, but a very large number did. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [So a great number of Israelite men were gathered]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
וַיֵּֽאָסֵ֞ף כָּל־אִ֤ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙
(Some words not found in UHB: and,it_gathered all/each/any/every (a)_man Yisrael to/towards the=city like,a_man one(ms) united )
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [So every man of Israel gathered]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet
כְּאִ֥ישׁ אֶחָ֖ד חֲבֵרִֽים
(Some words not found in UHB: and,it_gathered all/each/any/every (a)_man Yisrael to/towards the=city like,a_man one(ms) united )
The terms as one man and associates mean similar things. The author is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: [in complete unity of purpose]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
כְּאִ֥ישׁ אֶחָ֖ד
(Some words not found in UHB: and,it_gathered all/each/any/every (a)_man Yisrael to/towards the=city like,a_man one(ms) united )
See how you translated the same expression in 20:1.
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.