OET interlinear JDG 4:23

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בַּ⁠יּ֣וֹם הַ⁠ה֔וּא

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_subdued ʼElohīm in_the=day (the)=that DOM Yāⱱīn/(Jabin) king Kənaˊan to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before sons_of Yisrael )

While the battle against Sisera did take place on a specific day, the author may be using the term day to refer generally to the whole time when the Israelites gathered an army to oppose the rule of Jabin and fought against his forces. Alternate translation: [at that time]

Note 2 topic: writing-endofstory

וַ⁠יַּכְנַ֤ע אֱלֹהִים֙ בַּ⁠יּ֣וֹם הַ⁠ה֔וּא אֵ֖ת יָבִ֣ין מֶֽלֶךְ־כְּנָ֑עַן לִ⁠פְנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_subdued ʼElohīm in_the=day (the)=that DOM Yāⱱīn/(Jabin) king Kənaˊan to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before sons_of Yisrael )

In this verse and the next one, the author is ending this story of Deborah and Barak with a summary of what happened. Your language may have its own way of presenting such a summary at the end of a story.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

וַ⁠יַּכְנַ֤ע אֱלֹהִים֙ & אֵ֖ת יָבִ֣ין מֶֽלֶךְ־כְּנָ֑עַן לִ⁠פְנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_subdued ʼElohīm in_the=day (the)=that DOM Yāⱱīn/(Jabin) king Kənaˊan to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before sons_of Yisrael )

In one sense, this battle was a direct contest between the power of God and the power of Jabin. (The next chapter describes how God sent a hailstorm to thwart Sisera’s chariots.) In another sense, the author is speaking of God to represent all of the forces on the side of Israel, including God, and he is using Jabin to represent that king and his army. The UST models one way to represent this second sense.