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OET (OET-LV) And_men_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) they_turned_back against the_descendants_of Binyāmīn and_struck_them with_edge_of [the]_sword from_city_of soundness unto animal unto every_of the_found also all_of the_cities the_found they_sent in/on/at/with_fire.
OET (OET-RV) Meanwhile, the Israelis went back to the Benyamite region and killed the people with their swords—entire cities including cattle and everything else—then the cities were set on fire.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
שָׁ֣בוּ אֶל בְּנֵ֤י בִנְיָמִן֙
turned_back to/towards sons_of Binyāmīn
The author means implicitly that the Israelite soldiers turned from pursuing the Benjaminite soldiers to attacking all the other people of the tribe of Benjamin. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [attacked all the other people of the tribe of Benjamin]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / possession
מֵעִ֤יר מְתֹם֙ עַד בְּהֵמָ֔ה עַ֖ד כָּל הַנִּמְצָ֑א
from,city_of entire until cattle/livestock until all/each/any/every the,found
The author is using the possessive form a city of entirety to mean “an entire city.” It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [destroying entire cities, including the animals and everything else in them]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations
מֵעִ֤יר מְתֹם֙ עַד בְּהֵמָ֔ה עַ֖ד כָּל הַנִּמְצָ֑א
from,city_of entire until cattle/livestock until all/each/any/every the,found
The phrase translated as from a city of entirety could also be translated as from the city of man. If that is the translation, then the author would be using the masculine term man in a generic sense that would include both men and women. Alternate translation: [destroying all of the people and animals and everything else in the city]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
כָּל הַנִּמְצָ֑א & כָּל הֶעָרִ֥ים הַנִּמְצָא֖וֹת
all/each/any/every the,found & all/each/any/every the,cities the,found
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: [everything that they found ... all of the cities that they found]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
כָּל הַנִּמְצָ֑א & כָּל הֶעָרִ֥ים הַנִּמְצָא֖וֹת
all/each/any/every the,found & all/each/any/every the,cities the,found
The author is using the term found in a way characteristic of his language and culture to mean that these things and cities could be found, that is, that they were there. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and everything else that was there ... all of the cities that were there]
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
שִׁלְּח֥וּ בָאֵֽשׁ
burned in/on/at/with,fire
The author is speaking as if the Israelites had actually sent these cities into fire. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [they set on fire] or [they burned down]
20:36-48 This section gives a second account of the battle.
OET (OET-LV) And_men_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) they_turned_back against the_descendants_of Binyāmīn and_struck_them with_edge_of [the]_sword from_city_of soundness unto animal unto every_of the_found also all_of the_cities the_found they_sent in/on/at/with_fire.
OET (OET-RV) Meanwhile, the Israelis went back to the Benyamite region and killed the people with their swords—entire cities including cattle and everything else—then the cities were set on fire.
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.