OET interlinear HERO (JDG) 3:24

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

וְ⁠ה֤וּא יָצָא֙ וַ⁠עֲבָדָ֣י⁠ו בָּ֔אוּ

and=he he/it_went_forth and,servants_of,his (Some words not found in UHB: and=he he/it_went_forth and,servants_of,his they_went and=they_saw and=see/lo/see! doors_of of,the_roof_chamber locked and=they_said surely covering he/it DOM feet_of,his in,the_chamber_of of_(the),coolness )

The pronoun he refers to Ehud, and the pronoun his refers to Eglon. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [And Ehud went out, and Eglon’s servants came]

Note 2 topic: writing-foreground

וַ⁠יִּרְא֕וּ וְ⁠הִנֵּ֛ה דַּלְת֥וֹת הָ⁠עֲלִיָּ֖ה נְעֻל֑וֹת

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he he/it_went_forth and,servants_of,his they_went and=they_saw and=see/lo/see! doors_of of,the_roof_chamber locked and=they_said surely covering he/it DOM feet_of,his in,the_chamber_of of_(the),coolness )

The author is using the term behold to indicate that what the servants found when they looked was unexpected. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation. You could also state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and they discovered that the doors of the upper room were bolted]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

דַּלְת֥וֹת הָ⁠עֲלִיָּ֖ה נְעֻל֑וֹת

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he he/it_went_forth and,servants_of,his they_went and=they_saw and=see/lo/see! doors_of of,the_roof_chamber locked and=they_said surely covering he/it DOM feet_of,his in,the_chamber_of of_(the),coolness )

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: [someone had bolted the doors of the upper room]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / euphemism

מֵסִ֥יךְ ה֛וּא אֶת־רַגְלָ֖י⁠ו

covering he/it DOM feet_of,his

The servants are using the phrase covering his feet as a polite way of referring to an activity that is done in private. Your language may have a similar expression that you can use in your translation. Alternate translation: [he is going to the bathroom]

Note 5 topic: translate-unknown

בַּ⁠חֲדַ֥ר הַ⁠מְּקֵרָֽה

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he he/it_went_forth and,servants_of,his they_went and=they_saw and=see/lo/see! doors_of of,the_roof_chamber locked and=they_said surely covering he/it DOM feet_of,his in,the_chamber_of of_(the),coolness )

See how you translated the expression “the upper room of coolness” in 3:20. The word chamber here is different from the word “upper chamber” there, but the author is referring to the same room, so you can use the same expression here as you did there.