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 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21
Hero 4 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24
◄ ← HERO (JDG) 4:17 ↓ → ► ║ ≡ ©
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Heber (JDG 4:11) · Jabin (king of Hazor) · Jael · Sisera (army captain)
Places tagged in the matching LV passage: Hazor (JOS 11:1)
OET-LV And_Şīşərāʼ he_fled on_feet_of_his to the_tent_of Yāˊēl/(Jael) the_wife_of[fn][fn][fn] of_Ḩeⱱer the_Qēynī if/because peace was_between Yāⱱīn/(Jabin) the_king_of Ḩāʦōr and_between the_house_of Ḩeⱱer the_Qēynī.
OET (OET-RV) But Sisera had fled on foot and ran to Ya’el’s tent (Hever the Keyni’s wife) because there was peace between King Yavin of Hatsor and the house of Hever the Keyni.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo
נָ֣ס בְּרַגְלָ֔יו
fled (Some words not found in UHB: and,Sisera fled on,feet_of,his to/towards tent/house Yāˊēl/(Jael) wife_of Ḩeⱱer the,Kenite that/for/because/then/when peace between Yāⱱīn/(Jabin) king Ḩāʦōr and=between house_of Ḩeⱱer the,Kenite )
See how you translated the same expression in 4:15. Alternate translation: [ran away]
Note 2 topic: translate-names
יָעֵ֔ל
Yāˊēl/(Jael)
The word Jael is the name of a woman.
Note 3 topic: writing-background
כִּ֣י שָׁל֗וֹם בֵּ֚ין יָבִ֣ין מֶֽלֶךְ־חָצ֔וֹר וּבֵ֕ין בֵּ֖ית חֶ֥בֶר הַקֵּינִֽי
(Some words not found in UHB: and,Sisera fled on,feet_of,his to/towards tent/house Yāˊēl/(Jael) wife_of Ḩeⱱer the,Kenite that/for/because/then/when peace between Yāⱱīn/(Jabin) king Ḩāʦōr and=between house_of Ḩeⱱer the,Kenite )
Here the author is providing background information to help readers understand what happens next in the story. Since there was peace between Jabin and Heber, Sisera felt that he could safely go to Heber’s compound and find protection there. In your translation, introduce this information in a way that would be natural in your own language and culture.
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
וּבֵ֕ין בֵּ֖ית חֶ֥בֶר הַקֵּינִֽי
and=between (Some words not found in UHB: and,Sisera fled on,feet_of,his to/towards tent/house Yāˊēl/(Jael) wife_of Ḩeⱱer the,Kenite that/for/because/then/when peace between Yāⱱīn/(Jabin) king Ḩāʦōr and=between house_of Ḩeⱱer the,Kenite )
The author is using the term house to mean an entire household living together. Alternate translation: [and the extended family of Heber the Kenite]
OET-LV And_Şīşərāʼ he_fled on_feet_of_his to the_tent_of Yāˊēl/(Jael) the_wife_of[fn][fn][fn] of_Ḩeⱱer the_Qēynī if/because peace was_between Yāⱱīn/(Jabin) the_king_of Ḩāʦōr and_between the_house_of Ḩeⱱer the_Qēynī.
OET (OET-RV) But Sisera had fled on foot and ran to Ya’el’s tent (Hever the Keyni’s wife) because there was peace between King Yavin of Hatsor and the house of Hever the Keyni.
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.