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OET (OET-LV) And_she [was]_dwelling under the_palm_tree of_Dəbōrāh between the_Rāmāh and_between house_of wwww in/on/at/with_hill_country of_ʼEfrayim and_came_up to_her/it the_people of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) for_the_judgement.
OET (OET-RV) She would sit under the palm tree between Ramah and Bethel (in the Efraimite hill country), and people would come to her to have their disputes settled.
Note 1 topic: translate-symaction
יוֹשֶׁ֨בֶת
sit
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: translate-names
תֹּ֜מֶר דְּבוֹרָ֗ה
palm_tree Dəbōrāh
The phrase the Palm Tree of Deborah is the name of a tree.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / go
וַיַּעֲל֥וּ
and,came_up
In a context such as this, your language might say “went” instead of came. Alternate translation: “and … went up”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
לַמִּשְׁפָּֽט
for_the,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”
4:4-7 Deborah was a prophet (Hebrew ’ishah nebi’ah, “a woman, a female prophet”) who was judging (shoptah, a feminine verb; see study note on 2:16-19). She is the protagonist of this story, though much of the action surrounds her surrogate, Barak. Unlike most of the characters in the book of Judges, Deborah fulfilled both the judicial and the military functions implied by the label “judge.” As a prophet, she foreshadowed Samuel’s later work (1 Sam 7:15-17). Deborah called for a holy war in which the Lord would fight for his people (Judg 4:6-7; see study notes on Deut 1:30; 2 Chr 20:20-21).
OET (OET-LV) And_she [was]_dwelling under the_palm_tree of_Dəbōrāh between the_Rāmāh and_between house_of wwww in/on/at/with_hill_country of_ʼEfrayim and_came_up to_her/it the_people of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) for_the_judgement.
OET (OET-RV) She would sit under the palm tree between Ramah and Bethel (in the Efraimite 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.