OET interlinear JDG 3:22

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

וַ⁠יִּסְגֹּ֤ר הַ⁠חֵ֨לֶב֙ בְּעַ֣ד הַ⁠לַּ֔הַב כִּ֣י לֹ֥א שָׁלַ֛ף הַ⁠חֶ֖רֶב מִ⁠בִּטְנ֑⁠וֹ

(Some words not found in UHB: and,it_went also the,hilt after the,blade and=he/it_closed_up the,fat behind the,blade that/for/because/then/when not draw_~_out the=drought//sword/knife from,belly_of,his and=he/it_went_out to,the,hole )

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: [and since Ehud did not pull the sword from Eglon’s belly, the fat closed around the handle]

Note 2 topic: translate-unknown

וַ⁠יֵּצֵ֖א הַֽ⁠פַּרְשְׁדֹֽנָ⁠ה

(Some words not found in UHB: and,it_went also the,hilt after the,blade and=he/it_closed_up the,fat behind the,blade that/for/because/then/when not draw_~_out the=drought//sword/knife from,belly_of,his and=he/it_went_out to,the,hole )

The word translated as excrement occurs only here in the Old Testament, so its meaning is not entirely certain. This could mean: (1) that Eglon’s bowels discharged from the force and shock of the sword thrust. (See the Introduction to this chapter for a further discussion of this possibility.) Your language may have a way of referring to this discreetly. Alternate translation: [and he soiled himself]; (2) that the point of the sword came out the other side of Eglon’s body. Alternate translation: [and the point came out the other side]; (3) that Ehud went out to a chamber within this room before leaving the room itself. Alternate translation: [and he went out to the vestibule]