OET interlinear JDG 5:6

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / merism

בִּ⁠ימֵ֞י שַׁמְגַּ֤ר בֶּן־עֲנָת֙ בִּ⁠ימֵ֣י יָעֵ֔ל

in/on/at/with,days Shamgar son_of Anath in/on/at/with,days Yāˊēl/(Jael)

The song is speaking of two time periods in order to mean the time in between them. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: “Between the time when Shamgar son of Anath defeated the Philistines and the time when Jael killed Sisera”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

חָדְל֖וּ אֳרָח֑וֹת

ceased caravans

The song is speaking as if the roads in Israel had literally ceased to exist. It means that people stopped using the main roads because it had become too dangerous to travel on them. Jabin’s forces were apparently occupying Israel, and his soldiers would plunder the goods that anyone was transporting. (This means that, in a sense, the roads literally did cease to exist, since they were dirt roads and grass would have grown back over them. One translation option would be to say this and let readers realize the implications.) Alternate translation: “people stopped using the main roads” or “grass grew back over the roads”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠הֹלְכֵ֣י נְתִיב֔וֹת יֵלְכ֕וּ אֳרָח֖וֹת עֲקַלְקַלּֽוֹת

and,ones_travelling_of paths kept paths winding

The song means implicitly that because people needed to stay off the main roads for safety, they took back roads that wound through the countryside. You could indicate this in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “and travelers had to take roundabout back routes”