OET interlinear JDG 5:5

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

הָרִ֥ים נָזְל֖וּ

mountains quaked

The song is speaking as if the mountains above the battlefield had literally flowed down onto it. This seems to be a reference to the way the downpour made the mountain streams overflow. (Ultimately, they fed into the Kishon River, and it flooded the battlefield. See [5:21](../05/21.md).) This might also be an allusion to the way that the overflowing streams would have carried dirt, branches, rocks, etc., down from the mountains, as if the mountains themselves were coming down onto the plain. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [The mountain streams overflowed]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

זֶ֣ה סִינַ֔י מִ⁠פְּנֵ֕י יְהוָ֖ה

this Şīnay (Some words not found in UHB: mountains quaked from=face/in_front_of YHWH this Şīnay from=face/in_front_of YHWH god_of Yisrael )

The song is saying that what happened to the mountains above the battlefield was just like what happened when Yahweh appeared to the Israelites at Mount Sinai. When he did, according to [Exodus 19:16–18](../../exo/19/16.md), there was also a thunderstorm and the mountain shook. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [just as Mount Sinai trembled when Yahweh appeared there in a storm]