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OET (OET-LV) And_Midyānites and_ˊAmālēqites and_all [the]_people of_[the]_east [were]_lying in/on/at/with_valley like_the_locusts to_increase_in_number and_to_camels_their there_[was]_not number as_as_the_sand that_on the_shore the_sea to_increase_in_number.
OET (OET-RV) The Midianites and Amalekites and others from the east covered the valley like a swarm of locusts. Even their camels were as numerous as sand grains on the beach.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
כָּאַרְבֶּ֖ה לָרֹ֑ב
like_the,locusts to=increase_in_number
The point of this comparison is that just as a locust swarm is very great in multitude, that is, extremely numerous, so this combined army had a very great number of soldiers. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: “in huge numbers, such as in a swarm of locusts”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole
וְלִגְמַלֵּיהֶם֙ אֵ֣ין מִסְפָּ֔ר
and,to,camels,their not number
The author is making an overstatement for emphasis. If it would be clearer in your language, you could express the emphasis in a different way. Alternate translation: “And they had so many camels that one could hardly count them”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
כַּח֛וֹל שֶׁעַל־שְׂפַ֥ת הַיָּ֖ם לָרֹֽב
as_~_as_the,sand that,on language_of the=sea to=increase_in_number
The point of this comparison is that just as the grains of sand on the seashore are very numerous, so this combined army had a very great number of camels. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. It may be helpful to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: “There was a huge number of them, as there is a huge number of grains of sand along the edge of the sea”
OET (OET-LV) And_Midyānites and_ˊAmālēqites and_all [the]_people of_[the]_east [were]_lying in/on/at/with_valley like_the_locusts to_increase_in_number and_to_camels_their there_[was]_not number as_as_the_sand that_on the_shore the_sea to_increase_in_number.
OET (OET-RV) The Midianites and Amalekites and others from the east covered the valley like a swarm of locusts. Even their camels were as numerous as sand grains on the beach.
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.