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
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OET-LV And_they_turned to_(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before the_man_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) to the_way_of the_wilderness and_the_battle it_overtook_him and_which were_from_the_cities were_destroying him in_the_midst_of_of_him.
OET (OET-RV) They retreated away from the Israelis into the wilderness, but the battle overtook them, plus the Israelis were coming back out of the cities getting right in amongst them to fight.
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
הִדְבִּיקָ֑תְהוּ
(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_turned to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before (a)_man Yisrael to/towards road/way_of of,the_wilderness and,the,battle it,overtook_him and=which [were]_from,the,cities destroyed ,him in,the_midst_of,of_him )
The pronoun him refers to the army of Benjamin. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [overtook the Benjaminite army]
Note 2 topic: translate-plural
וַאֲשֶׁר֙ מֵהֶ֣עָרִ֔ים
(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_turned to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before (a)_man Yisrael to/towards road/way_of of,the_wilderness and,the,battle it,overtook_him and=which [were]_from,the,cities destroyed ,him in,the_midst_of,of_him )
The author is using the plural form cities in a context where the singular term “city” would suffice. This suggests that he may be using the plural form for emphasis. Your language may use plural forms in the same way. If not, you could express the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: [and those who were coming out of the city, where the Benjaminites could no longer find refuge]
Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns
מַשְׁחִיתִ֥ים אוֹת֖וֹ בְּתוֹכֽוֹ
(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_turned to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before (a)_man Yisrael to/towards road/way_of of,the_wilderness and,the,battle it,overtook_him and=which [were]_from,the,cities destroyed ,him in,the_midst_of,of_him )
The pronoun him refers in the first instance to the Benjaminite army, and it refers in the second instance to the Israelite army. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers and to express the meaning more naturally. Alternate translation: [were destroying the Benjaminites, who were now in the midst of the Israelite army]
OET-LV And_they_turned to_(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before the_man_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) to the_way_of the_wilderness and_the_battle it_overtook_him and_which were_from_the_cities were_destroying him in_the_midst_of_of_him.
OET (OET-RV) They retreated away from the Israelis into the wilderness, but the battle overtook them, plus the Israelis were coming back out of the cities getting right in amongst them to fight.
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.