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 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24
◄ ← HERO (JDG) 4:5 ↓ → ► ║ ≡ ©
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Deborah (JDG 4:4) · Ephraim (GEN 41:52) · Jacob (Israel)
Places tagged in the matching LV passage: Ramah (JOS 18:25)
OET-LV And_she was_dwelling under the_palm_tree_of Dəbōrāh between (the)_Rāmāh and_between Bēyt- ʼēl in_the_hill_country_of ʼEfrayim and_they_went_up to_her/it the_people_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) for_judgement.
OET (OET-RV) She would sit under the palm tree between Ramah and Beyt-El (Bethel, in the Efrati hill country), and people would come to her to have their disputes settled.
Note 1 topic: translate-symaction
יוֹשֶׁ֨בֶת
(Some words not found in UHB: and=she sit under palm_tree_of Dəbōrāh between (the),Ramah and=between house_of -ʼēl in,the_hill_country_of Efrayim and,they_went_up to=her/it sons_of Yisrael for,judgment )
In this culture, people in positions of authority such as rulers, teachers, and judges would exercise their authority from a seated position. Deborah sitting beneath the tree was therefore a symbolic action that indicated her role as a judge. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action. Alternate translation: [was judging cases]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / go
וַיַּעֲל֥וּ
(Some words not found in UHB: and=she sit under palm_tree_of Dəbōrāh between (the),Ramah and=between house_of -ʼēl in,the_hill_country_of Efrayim and,they_went_up to=her/it sons_of Yisrael for,judgment )
In a context such as this, your language might say “went” instead of came. Alternate translation: [and … went up]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
לַמִּשְׁפָּֽט
(Some words not found in UHB: and=she sit under palm_tree_of Dəbōrāh between (the),Ramah and=between house_of -ʼēl in,the_hill_country_of Efrayim and,they_went_up to=her/it sons_of Yisrael for,judgment )
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of justice, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [to have her judge their cases]
OET-LV And_she was_dwelling under the_palm_tree_of Dəbōrāh between (the)_Rāmāh and_between Bēyt- ʼēl in_the_hill_country_of ʼEfrayim and_they_went_up to_her/it the_people_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) for_judgement.
OET (OET-RV) She would sit under the palm tree between Ramah and Beyt-El (Bethel, in the Efrati hill country), and people would come to her to have their disputes settled.
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.