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 V11 V15 V17 V19 V21 V23 V25 V27 V29 V31 V33 V35 V37 V39 V41 V43 V45 V47
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People tagged in the matching LV passage: Benjamin (patriarch) · Jacob (Israel)
Places tagged in the matching LV passage: Gibeah (JOS 18:28)
OET-LV And_now give_up DOM the_men sons_of worthlessness who are_in_Giⱱˊāh so_that_we_may_put_them_to_death and_so_that_we_may_remove evil from_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) and_not they_were_willing[fn][fn] of_Binyāmīn to_listen to_the_voice_of their_brothers_of_their the_people_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel).
OET (OET-RV) So now, hand over those worthless men from the Giveah region so that we can put them to death and purge Yisrael of that evil.” But the Benyamites weren’t willing to take the advice of their Israeli relatives.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
אֶת־הָאֲנָשִׁ֨ים בְּנֵֽי־בְלִיַּ֜עַל
DOM (Some words not found in UHB: and=now hand_over DOM the,men sons_of wicked which/who [are]_in,Gibeah so,that,we_may_put_them_to_death and,so_that_we_may_remove evil from,Israel and=not would Binyāmīn to,listen to,the_voice_of their_brothers_of,their sons_of Yisrael )
See how you translated a similar expression in 19:22.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וּנְבַעֲרָ֥ה רָעָ֖ה מִיִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
and,so_that_we_may_remove evil (Some words not found in UHB: and=now hand_over DOM the,men sons_of wicked which/who [are]_in,Gibeah so,that,we_may_put_them_to_death and,so_that_we_may_remove evil from,Israel and=not would Binyāmīn to,listen to,the_voice_of their_brothers_of,their sons_of Yisrael )
The Israelites are speaking of purging their land from the defilement that this evil had caused as if they were going to burn up the evil. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [so that we may purge the land of Israel from the defilement of this evil]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
לִשְׁמֹ֕עַ בְּק֖וֹל אֲחֵיהֶ֥ם בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
(Some words not found in UHB: and=now hand_over DOM the,men sons_of wicked which/who [are]_in,Gibeah so,that,we_may_put_them_to_death and,so_that_we_may_remove evil from,Israel and=not would Binyāmīn to,listen to,the_voice_of their_brothers_of,their sons_of Yisrael )
The author is using the term voice by association to mean what the Israelites were saying. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [to do what their brothers, the sons of Israel, were telling them to do]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
אֲחֵיהֶ֥ם בְּנֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
their_brothers_of,their (Some words not found in UHB: and=now hand_over DOM the,men sons_of wicked which/who [are]_in,Gibeah so,that,we_may_put_them_to_death and,so_that_we_may_remove evil from,Israel and=not would Binyāmīn to,listen to,the_voice_of their_brothers_of,their sons_of Yisrael )
The author is speaking of the other Israelites as if they were the actual brothers of the Benjaminites. He is using the term to mean descendants of the same ancestor. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [their fellow Israelites]
OET-LV And_now give_up DOM the_men sons_of worthlessness who are_in_Giⱱˊāh so_that_we_may_put_them_to_death and_so_that_we_may_remove evil from_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) and_not they_were_willing[fn][fn] of_Binyāmīn to_listen to_the_voice_of their_brothers_of_their the_people_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel).
OET (OET-RV) So now, hand over those worthless men from the Giveah region so that we can put them to death and purge Yisrael of that evil.” But the Benyamites weren’t willing to take the advice of their Israeli relatives.
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.