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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_went_out ʼĒhūd the_vestibule_into and_he/it_closed_up the_doors the_roof_chamber behind_him and_locked.
OET (OET-RV) and closed and locked the rooms of the upper room and exited through the porch.[fn]
3:23 Again, the Hebrew meaning of the last word here is uncertain, so other translations might differ.
Note 1 topic: translate-unknown
הַֽמִּסְדְּר֑וֹנָה
the,vestibule,into
The word translated as porch occurs only here in the Old Testament, so its meaning is not entirely certain. Most interpreters understand it to mean a covered entrance area just outside the room Ehud had been in. Your language and culture may have an expression to describe such an area. Alternate translation: “to the vestibule”
3:23 and escaped down the latrine: The latrine might have been similar to those in medieval Europe, where it was not uncommon for a latrine to extend out from the wall of a building, with an external chute not unlike today’s laundry or chimney ash chutes.
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_went_out ʼĒhūd the_vestibule_into and_he/it_closed_up the_doors the_roof_chamber behind_him and_locked.
OET (OET-RV) and closed and locked the rooms of the upper room and exited through the porch.[fn]
3:23 Again, the Hebrew meaning of the last word here is uncertain, so other translations might differ.
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.