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 C4 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21
Hero 5 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31
◄ ← HERO (JDG) 5:17 ↓ → ► ║ ≡ ©
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Asher · Dan (GEN 30:6)
Places tagged in the matching LV passage: Gilead (GEN 31:21) · Jordan
OET-LV Gilˊād on_the_other_side_of the_Yardēn/(Jordan) he_dwelt and_Dān to/for_what did_he_sojourn ships ʼĀshēr he_remained to_the_coast_of the_seas and_at places_of_his_landing he_dwelt.
OET (OET-RV) Gilead settled east of the Yarden (Jordan).
⇔ But, Dan, why does he stay on ships?
⇔ Asher stayed at the sea coast
⇔ ≈ and lives by his jetties.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
גִּלְעָ֗ד
(Some words not found in UHB: Gilˊād on,the_other_side_of of,the_Jordan remained and,Dan to/for=what linger ships ʼĀshēr sat to_[the],coast_of seas and,at places_of,his_landing settling_down )
The song is using the name Gilead by association to mean the soldiers from the tribes of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh, which settled in the region of Gilead on the east side of the Jordan River. Alternate translation: [The soldiers of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh]
Note 2 topic: translate-tense
וְדָ֕ן לָ֥מָּה יָג֖וּר אֳנִיּ֑וֹת
and,Dan (Some words not found in UHB: Gilˊād on,the_other_side_of of,the_Jordan remained and,Dan to/for=what linger ships ʼĀshēr sat to_[the],coast_of seas and,at places_of,his_landing settling_down )
The song is using the present tense to describe habitual action. During the battle against Sisera, the people of the tribe of Dan continued to do what they usually did. Their territory included the harbor of Joppa, and so they were devoted to the pursuits of fishing and maritime trading. But since the song is referring specifically to what the people of Dan did on a specific occasion, you could use the past tense in your translation. Alternate translation: [and Dan, why did he sojourn on ships]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
וְדָ֕ן לָ֥מָּה יָג֖וּר אֳנִיּ֑וֹת
and,Dan (Some words not found in UHB: Gilˊād on,the_other_side_of of,the_Jordan remained and,Dan to/for=what linger ships ʼĀshēr sat to_[the],coast_of seas and,at places_of,his_landing settling_down )
The song 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. Alternate translation: [and Dan should not have sojourned on ships!]
OET-LV Gilˊād on_the_other_side_of the_Yardēn/(Jordan) he_dwelt and_Dān to/for_what did_he_sojourn ships ʼĀshēr he_remained to_the_coast_of the_seas and_at places_of_his_landing he_dwelt.
OET (OET-RV) Gilead settled east of the Yarden (Jordan).
⇔ But, Dan, why does he stay on ships?
⇔ Asher stayed at the sea coast
⇔ ≈ and lives by his jetties.
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.