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 V13 V15 V17 V19 V21 V23 V25 V27 V29 V31 V33 V35 V37 V39 V41 V43 V45 V47
◄ ← HERO (JDG) 20:36 ↓ → ► ║ ≡ ©
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Benjamin (patriarch)
Places tagged in the matching LV passage: Gibeah (JOS 18:28)
OET-LV And_ the_descendants_of Binyāmīn _they_saw if/because_that they_were_defeated and_ the_man_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) _they_gave place to_Binyāmīn if/because they_trusted to the_ambusher whom they_had_set against (the)_Giⱱˊāh.
OET (OET-RV) and they saw that they were defeated.
¶ The Israelis had given ground to the Benyamites because they had relied on the ambush placed around Giveah.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
נִגָּ֑פוּ
(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_saw sons_of Binyāmīn that/for/because/then/when defeated and,they_gave (a)_man Yisrael place to,Benjamin that/for/because/then/when trusted to/towards the,ambusher which/who set to/towards (the),Gibeah )
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: [the other Israelites had defeated them]
Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ אִֽישׁ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל מָקוֹם֙ לְבִנְיָמִ֔ן כִּ֤י בָֽטְחוּ֙ אֶל־הָ֣אֹרֵ֔ב אֲשֶׁר שָׂ֖מוּ אֶל־הַגִּבְעָֽה
(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_saw sons_of Binyāmīn that/for/because/then/when defeated and,they_gave (a)_man Yisrael place to,Benjamin that/for/because/then/when trusted to/towards the,ambusher which/who set to/towards (the),Gibeah )
If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the result that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: [Because they were confident in the ambush that they had set against Gibeah, the men of Israel had given place to Benjamin]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וַיִּתְּנ֨וּ אִֽישׁ־יִשְׂרָאֵ֤ל מָקוֹם֙ לְבִנְיָמִ֔ן
(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_saw sons_of Binyāmīn that/for/because/then/when defeated and,they_gave (a)_man Yisrael place to,Benjamin that/for/because/then/when trusted to/towards the,ambusher which/who set to/towards (the),Gibeah )
The author is using a common expression of his culture to mean that the Israelites deliberately retreated in order to draw the Benjaminites away from Gibeah. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [For the men of Israel had deliberately retreated before Benjamin]
OET-LV And_ the_descendants_of Binyāmīn _they_saw if/because_that they_were_defeated and_ the_man_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) _they_gave place to_Binyāmīn if/because they_trusted to the_ambusher whom they_had_set against (the)_Giⱱˊāh.
OET (OET-RV) and they saw that they were defeated.
¶ The Israelis had given ground to the Benyamites because they had relied on the ambush placed around Giveah.
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.