OET interlinear HERO (JDG) 6:26

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

עַ֣ל רֹ֧אשׁ הַ⁠מָּע֛וֹז הַ⁠זֶּ֖ה

on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in head (Some words not found in UHB: and,you_will_build altar to/for=YHWH God_of,your on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in head of,the_place_of_refuge the=this in,row and,you_will_take DOM the_young,bull the=second and,you_will_offer_up burnt_offering with,the_wood(s)_of of,the_Asherah_pole which/who cut_down )

Yahweh assumes that Gideon will understand that by the head of this stronghold, he is referring to the top of a rocky cliff in the town of Ophrah. The people of the town could go there for safety from the Midianites, and since it was a high place, it was also where Gideon’s father had built an altar. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [on the high place near this town]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

בַּ⁠מַּֽעֲרָכָ֑ה

(Some words not found in UHB: and,you_will_build altar to/for=YHWH God_of,your on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in head of,the_place_of_refuge the=this in,row and,you_will_take DOM the_young,bull the=second and,you_will_offer_up burnt_offering with,the_wood(s)_of of,the_Asherah_pole which/who cut_down )

This phrase probably refers to Yahweh’s command to the Israelites in Exodus 20:25 to use only natural stones if they built a stone altar to him. That is, they were not to use any stones that had been cut or shaped with tools. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [in the proper arrangement] or [using only natural stones, as I have commanded]

Note 3 topic: translate-symaction

וְ⁠לָֽקַחְתָּ֙ אֶת־הַ⁠פָּ֣ר הַ⁠שֵּׁנִ֔י וְ⁠הַעֲלִ֣יתָ עוֹלָ֔ה

(Some words not found in UHB: and,you_will_build altar to/for=YHWH God_of,your on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in head of,the_place_of_refuge the=this in,row and,you_will_take DOM the_young,bull the=second and,you_will_offer_up burnt_offering with,the_wood(s)_of of,the_Asherah_pole which/who cut_down )

As the previous verse describes, this second bull was seven years old. This was symbolic of the seven years during which God had punished the Israelites for their disobedience, as 6:1 describes. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action. Alternate translation: [Then you shall take the seven-year-old bull and you shall offer an offering for the sins of the Israelites]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בַּ⁠עֲצֵ֥י הָ⁠אֲשֵׁרָ֖ה

(Some words not found in UHB: and,you_will_build altar to/for=YHWH God_of,your on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in head of,the_place_of_refuge the=this in,row and,you_will_take DOM the_young,bull the=second and,you_will_offer_up burnt_offering with,the_wood(s)_of of,the_Asherah_pole which/who cut_down )

Yahweh is using the term wood by association to mean a fire that Gideon would build using this wood as fuel. Alternate translation: [on a fire that you shall build from the wood of the Asherah]