OET interlinear JDG 6:35

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification

ה֖וּא

he/it

The author is using the pronoun him in the first instance to speak of the tribe of Manasseh as if it were an individual person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the soldiers from that tribe”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / go

וַֽ⁠יַּעֲל֖וּ לִ⁠קְרָאתָֽ⁠ם

and,went_up to,meet,them

In a context such as this, your language might say “came” instead of went. Alternate translation: “and they came up to meet them”

Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns

וַֽ⁠יַּעֲל֖וּ לִ⁠קְרָאתָֽ⁠ם

and,went_up to,meet,them

The pronoun they refers to the soldiers from the tribes of Asher, Zebulun, and Naphtali who responded to the summons from Gideon. The pronoun them could refer to: (1) Gideon and the soldiers from Manasseh whom he was commanding. This would suit the sense of the verb went up, since 7:9 indicates that Gideon was staying on some high ground above the battlefield. Alternate translation: “and soldiers from those tribes went up to meet Gideon and the soldiers from Manasseh whom he was commanding” (2) the enemy armies. Alternate translation: “and soldiers from those tribes joined in the fight against the Midianites and their allies”