OET interlinear JDG 4:21

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-unknown

אֶת־יְתַ֨ד הָ⁠אֹ֜הֶל & אֶת־הַ⁠מַּקֶּ֣בֶת

DOM peg_of of,the_tent & DOM DOM (Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_took Yāˊēl/(Jael) wife_of Ḩeⱱer's DOM peg_of of,the_tent and,she_put DOM the,hammer in,hand_of,her and,she_went to=him/it in,secrecy and,she_drove DOM the,peg in,temple_of,his and,it_went_down on_the=earth and=he lying_fast_asleep and,he_was_weary and=he/it_died )

The phrase a peg of the tent describes a pointed piece of wood or metal that people drive into the ground to hold down a corner of a tent. A hammer in this context refers to a heavy tool made of wood that people use to hit objects with force, for example, in order to drive a tent peg into the ground. If your readers would not be familiar with these objects, in your translation you could use the name of similar things that your readers would recognize, or you could use general expressions. Alternate translation: [a spike … a mallet] or [a sharp piece of wood … a heavy tool]

Note 2 topic: writing-background

וְ⁠הֽוּא־נִרְדָּ֥ם וַ⁠יָּ֖עַף

and=he (Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_took Yāˊēl/(Jael) wife_of Ḩeⱱer's DOM peg_of of,the_tent and,she_put DOM the,hammer in,hand_of,her and,she_went to=him/it in,secrecy and,she_drove DOM the,peg in,temple_of,his and,it_went_down on_the=earth and=he lying_fast_asleep and,he_was_weary and=he/it_died )

Here the author is providing background information to help readers understand what is happening in the story. In your translation, introduce this information in a way that would be natural in your own language and culture. It may be helpful to put this information at the beginning of the verse, as the UST does.

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

וְ⁠הֽוּא־נִרְדָּ֥ם וַ⁠יָּ֖עַף

and=he (Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_took Yāˊēl/(Jael) wife_of Ḩeⱱer's DOM peg_of of,the_tent and,she_put DOM the,hammer in,hand_of,her and,she_went to=him/it in,secrecy and,she_drove DOM the,peg in,temple_of,his and,it_went_down on_the=earth and=he lying_fast_asleep and,he_was_weary and=he/it_died )

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: [since he was so weary that he had fallen fast asleep]