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Hero 7 V1 V2 V3 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25
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OET-LV And_ YHWH _he/it_said to Gidˊōn still the_people is_numerous bring_down them to the_waters so_that_I_may_test_it to/for_yourself(m) there and_it_was the_one_whom I_will_say to_you this_one he_will_go with_you he he_will_go with_you and_all/each/any/every one_whom I_will_say to_you this_one not he_will_go with_you he not he_will_go.
OET (OET-RV) “That’s still too many,” Yahweh told Gid’on. “Bring them down to the spring and I’ll short-list them there. Anyone I tell you to go with you, can do so, but anyone that I say won’t go with you, won’t go.”
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
וְאֶצְרְפֶ֥נּוּ לְךָ֖ שָׁ֑ם
so,that,I_may_test_it to/for=yourself(m) (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said YHWH to/towards Gidˊōn again/more the,people many take_~_down ,them to/towards the=waters so,that,I_may_test_it to/for=yourself(m) there and=it_was which/who say to,you this go with,you he/it go with,you and=all/each/any/every which/who say to,you this not go with,you he/it not go )
The pronoun it refers back to the people earlier in the verse. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [and I will refine the people for you there]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וְאֶצְרְפֶ֥נּוּ לְךָ֖
so,that,I_may_test_it to/for=yourself(m)
Yahweh is speaking as if he were literally going to refine Gideon’s troops, as if they were a precious metal such as silver or gold and he was going to melt them with heat to remove their impurities. He means that he is going to enable Gideon to identify the best soldiers and keep only them in his army. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and I will enable you to identify the best soldiers]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
וְהָיָ֡ה אֲשֶׁר֩ אֹמַ֨ר אֵלֶ֜יךָ זֶ֣ה ׀ יֵלֵ֣ךְ אִתָּ֗ךְ ה֚וּא יֵלֵ֣ךְ אִתָּ֔ךְ וְכֹ֨ל אֲשֶׁר־אֹמַ֜ר אֵלֶ֗יךָ זֶ֚ה לֹא־יֵלֵ֣ךְ עִמָּ֔ךְ ה֖וּא לֹ֥א יֵלֵֽךְ
and=it_was (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said YHWH to/towards Gidˊōn again/more the,people many take_~_down ,them to/towards the=waters so,that,I_may_test_it to/for=yourself(m) there and=it_was which/who say to,you this go with,you he/it go with,you and=all/each/any/every which/who say to,you this not go with,you he/it not go )
If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [And when I tell you that a certain kind of soldier is to go with you, then you must bring that kind of soldier with you, but you must not bring any other kind of soldier with you that I say is not to go with you]
OET-LV And_ YHWH _he/it_said to Gidˊōn still the_people is_numerous bring_down them to the_waters so_that_I_may_test_it to/for_yourself(m) there and_it_was the_one_whom I_will_say to_you this_one he_will_go with_you he he_will_go with_you and_all/each/any/every one_whom I_will_say to_you this_one not he_will_go with_you he not he_will_go.
OET (OET-RV) “That’s still too many,” Yahweh told Gid’on. “Bring them down to the spring and I’ll short-list them there. Anyone I tell you to go with you, can do so, but anyone that I say won’t go with you, won’t go.”
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.