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 C5 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21
Hero 6 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31 V32 V33 V34 V35 V36 V37 V38 V39 V40
◄ ← HERO (JDG) 6:15 ↓ → ► ║ ≡ ©
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Manasseh (son of Joseph)
OET-LV And_he/it_said to_him/it pardon_me my_master how will_I_deliver DOM Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) HERE family_of_my is_the_weak in_Mənashsheh and_I am_the_insignificant in_house_of my_father_of_my.
OET (OET-RV) “Please, my master,” Gid’on replied, “how could I save Yisrael? Look, my clan is the weakest in Menasheh (Manasseh) and on top of that, I’m the youngest in my family.”
Note 1 topic: writing-politeness
בִּ֣י אֲדֹנָ֔י
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to=him/it please my=master ,how? deliver DOM Yisrael see/lo/see! family_of,my [is]_the,weak in,Manasseh and,I [am]_the,insignificant in=house_of my_father_of,my )
See how you translated this same phrase in 6:13.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
בַּמָּ֥ה אוֹשִׁ֖יעַ אֶת־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to=him/it please my=master ,how? deliver DOM Yisrael see/lo/see! family_of,my [is]_the,weak in,Manasseh and,I [am]_the,insignificant in=house_of my_father_of,my )
Gideon seems to be using the question form for emphasis rather than to ask for information, since in the rest of the verse he gives reasons why he cannot do what Yahweh is telling him to do. 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: [there is no means by which I can save Israel!]
Note 3 topic: writing-foreground
הִנֵּ֤ה
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to=him/it please my=master ,how? deliver DOM Yisrael see/lo/see! family_of,my [is]_the,weak in,Manasseh and,I [am]_the,insignificant in=house_of my_father_of,my )
As the Introduction to Judges discusses, Gideon is using the word Behold to call attention to what he is about to say. Alternate translation: [Listen]
Note 4 topic: translate-numbers
אַלְפִּי֙
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to=him/it please my=master ,how? deliver DOM Yisrael see/lo/see! family_of,my [is]_the,weak in,Manasseh and,I [am]_the,insignificant in=house_of my_father_of,my )
Here the term thousand probably refers not to that number of people but to a part of a tribe. Alternate translation, as in the UST: [my clan]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj
הַדַּ֣ל בִּמְנַשֶּׁ֔ה וְאָנֹכִ֥י הַצָּעִ֖יר
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to=him/it please my=master ,how? deliver DOM Yisrael see/lo/see! family_of,my [is]_the,weak in,Manasseh and,I [am]_the,insignificant in=house_of my_father_of,my )
Gideon is using the adjectives weak and young as nouns. The ULT shows this by adding the word one in each case. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate these adjectives with equivalent phrases. Alternate translation: [is the weakest clan in Manasseh, and I am the youngest son]
OET-LV And_he/it_said to_him/it pardon_me my_master how will_I_deliver DOM Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) HERE family_of_my is_the_weak in_Mənashsheh and_I am_the_insignificant in_house_of my_father_of_my.
OET (OET-RV) “Please, my master,” Gid’on replied, “how could I save Yisrael? Look, my clan is the weakest in Menasheh (Manasseh) and on top of that, I’m the youngest in my family.”
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.