OET interlinear JDG 4:6

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-names

לְ⁠בָרָ֣ק בֶּן־אֲבִינֹ֔עַם

(to),Barak (Some words not found in UHB: and,she_sent and=she/it_called/named (to),Barak son_of ʼAⱱīnnoˊam from,Kedesh Naftālī and=she/it_said to=him/it ?,not commanded YHWH god_of Yisrael go and,you_will_march at,the_mountain_of Tāⱱōr and,you_will_take with,you ten_of thousand (a)_man from=(the)_sons Naftālī and,of,the_descendants_of Zəⱱulun )

The words Barak and Abinoam are the names of men.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

הֲ⁠לֹ֥א צִוָּ֣ה ׀ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל לֵ֤ךְ וּ⁠מָֽשַׁכְתָּ֙ בְּ⁠הַ֣ר תָּב֔וֹר וְ⁠לָקַחְתָּ֣ עִמְּ⁠ךָ֗ עֲשֶׂ֤רֶת אֲלָפִים֙ אִ֔ישׁ מִ⁠בְּנֵ֥י נַפְתָּלִ֖י וּ⁠מִ⁠בְּנֵ֥י זְבֻלֽוּן

?,not (Some words not found in UHB: and,she_sent and=she/it_called/named (to),Barak son_of ʼAⱱīnnoˊam from,Kedesh Naftālī and=she/it_said to=him/it ?,not commanded YHWH god_of Yisrael go and,you_will_march at,the_mountain_of Tāⱱōr and,you_will_take with,you ten_of thousand (a)_man from=(the)_sons Naftālī and,of,the_descendants_of Zəⱱulun )

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [Has not Yahweh, the God of Israel, commanded you to go and draw out at Mount Tabor and to take with you 10,000 men from the sons of Naphtali and from the sons of Zebulun]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

הֲ⁠לֹ֥א צִוָּ֣ה ׀ יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל לֵ֤ךְ וּ⁠מָֽשַׁכְתָּ֙ בְּ⁠הַ֣ר תָּב֔וֹר וְ⁠לָקַחְתָּ֣ עִמְּ⁠ךָ֗ עֲשֶׂ֤רֶת אֲלָפִים֙ אִ֔ישׁ מִ⁠בְּנֵ֥י נַפְתָּלִ֖י וּ⁠מִ⁠בְּנֵ֥י זְבֻלֽוּן

?,not (Some words not found in UHB: and,she_sent and=she/it_called/named (to),Barak son_of ʼAⱱīnnoˊam from,Kedesh Naftālī and=she/it_said to=him/it ?,not commanded YHWH god_of Yisrael go and,you_will_march at,the_mountain_of Tāⱱōr and,you_will_take with,you ten_of thousand (a)_man from=(the)_sons Naftālī and,of,the_descendants_of Zəⱱulun )

Deborah is using the question form for emphasis. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. (While the question continues into the next verse, you may find it helpful to divide it into two sentences.) Alternate translation: [Yahweh, the God of Israel, has commanded, ‘Go and draw out at Mount Tabor, and take with you 10,000 men from the sons of Naphtali and from the sons of Zebulun]

Note 4 topic: writing-poetry

וּ⁠מָֽשַׁכְתָּ֙

(Some words not found in UHB: and,she_sent and=she/it_called/named (to),Barak son_of ʼAⱱīnnoˊam from,Kedesh Naftālī and=she/it_said to=him/it ?,not commanded YHWH god_of Yisrael go and,you_will_march at,the_mountain_of Tāⱱōr and,you_will_take with,you ten_of thousand (a)_man from=(the)_sons Naftālī and,of,the_descendants_of Zəⱱulun )

For elegance of expression and to emphasize the certainty of what he is saying, in this verse and the next one Yahweh uses the same verb in two different senses. Here, draw out means to recruit men for an army. In the next verse, it refers to how Yahweh will lure Sisera unsuspectingly into a situation where he and his army will be destroyed. Your language may have a verb that can be used in both of these senses. But if trying to use the same word in both places would be unclear, you could express the meaning. Alternate translation: [and recruit]

Note 5 topic: translate-numbers

עֲשֶׂ֤רֶת אֲלָפִים֙ אִ֔ישׁ

(Some words not found in UHB: and,she_sent and=she/it_called/named (to),Barak son_of ʼAⱱīnnoˊam from,Kedesh Naftālī and=she/it_said to=him/it ?,not commanded YHWH god_of Yisrael go and,you_will_march at,the_mountain_of Tāⱱōr and,you_will_take with,you ten_of thousand (a)_man from=(the)_sons Naftālī and,of,the_descendants_of Zəⱱulun )

Here, 10,000 may be an approximate number or a customary way of saying “very many.” Alternate translation: [a large army of men]