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OET (OET-LV) and_ the_messenger_of _came of_YHWH and_he/it_sat_down//remained//lived under the_oak which in/on/at/with_ˊĀfərāh which belonged_to_Yōʼāsh/(Joash) the_ʼAⱱī- ezrite and_Gidˊōn his/its_son [was]_beating_out wheat(s) in/on/at/with_winepress to_hide from_face/in_front_of Midyān.
OET (OET-RV) One day Yahweh’s messenger came and sat beneath the oak tree in the town of Ofrah. (The tree belonged to the Abi-Ezrite, Yoash.) Yoah’s son Gideon was beating wheat down in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites
Note 1 topic: writing-newevent
וַיָּבֹ֞א מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֗ה
and,came messenger_of YHWH
The author is introducing a new event in the story. The ULT indicates this with the word Now. Use a word, phrase, or other method in your language that is natural for introducing a new event.
Note 2 topic: translate-unknown
מַלְאַ֣ךְ יְהוָ֗ה
messenger_of YHWH
See the discussion of this phrase in Part 3 of the General Introduction to Judges, and see how you translated it in 2:1.
Note 3 topic: translate-names
בְּעָפְרָ֔ה & הָֽעֶזְרִ֑י
in/on/at/with,Ophrah & -ezrite
The word Ophrah is the name of a town, and the word Abiezrite describes a person who belonged to the group of descendants of a man named Abiezer.
Note 4 topic: writing-participants
וְגִדְע֣וֹן בְּנ֗וֹ
and,Gideon his/its=son
The author is using this phrase to introduce Gideon as a new participant in the story. If your language has its own way of introducing new participants, you can use it here in your translation. Alternate translation: [And one of his sons, Gideon,]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
מִפְּנֵ֥י מִדְיָֽן
from=face/in_front_of Midyānites
The author is using the term face to mean sight, by association with the way that people can see what is in front of their face. Alternate translation: [from the sight of Midian]
6:11-32 Gideon encountered the angel of the Lord and emerged as a hero. He overthrew the syncretistic Baal cult of his family and town and called his people to fight in the Lord’s name.
OET (OET-LV) and_ the_messenger_of _came of_YHWH and_he/it_sat_down//remained//lived under the_oak which in/on/at/with_ˊĀfərāh which belonged_to_Yōʼāsh/(Joash) the_ʼAⱱī- ezrite and_Gidˊōn his/its_son [was]_beating_out wheat(s) in/on/at/with_winepress to_hide from_face/in_front_of Midyān.
OET (OET-RV) One day Yahweh’s messenger came and sat beneath the oak tree in the town of Ofrah. (The tree belonged to the Abi-Ezrite, Yoash.) Yoah’s son Gideon was beating wheat down in a winepress to hide it from the Midianites
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.