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 C6 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21
Hero 7 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25
◄ ← HERO (JDG) 7:8 ↓ → ► ║ ≡ ©
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Midian (GEN 25:2)
Places tagged in the matching LV passage: Midian (GEN 36:35)
OET-LV And_ the_people _they_took DOM provision[s] in_hand_of_their and_DOM trumpets_of_their and_DOM every_of (the)_man_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) he_sent_away each to_tents_of_his and_on_three hundred(s) the_man he_kept_hold and_the_camp_of Midyān it_was to_him/it from_under in_valley.
OET (OET-RV) Then the three-hundred warriors collected the food and ram’s horns from the others before Gid’on sent the others back to their own homes.
¶ The Midyan camp was below them down in the valley
Note 1 topic: grammar-collectivenouns
בְּיָדָ֜ם
(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_took DOM provisions the,people in,hand_of,their and=DOM trumpets_of,their and=DOM all/each/any/every (a)_man Yisrael sent (a)_man to,tents_of,his and,on,three hundreds the=man kept and,the_camp_of Midyān it_became to=him/it from=under in,valley )
See how you translated the same expression in 7:6. Alternate translation: [into their hands]
Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns
וְאֵ֣ת שׁוֹפְרֹֽתֵיהֶ֗ם
and=DOM trumpets_of,their
The pronoun their refers to the soldiers who were leaving the army. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [and the shofars that the other soldiers had brought]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וְאֵ֨ת כָּל־אִ֤ישׁ יִשְׂרָאֵל֙
and=DOM (Some words not found in UHB: and=they_took DOM provisions the,people in,hand_of,their and=DOM trumpets_of,their and=DOM all/each/any/every (a)_man Yisrael sent (a)_man to,tents_of,his and,on,three hundreds the=man kept and,the_camp_of Midyān it_became to=him/it from=under in,valley )
The author assumes that readers will understand that by every man of Israel he means the soldiers who had not lapped the water from their hands. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [but the soldiers who had not lapped the water from their hands]
Note 4 topic: writing-newevent
וּמַחֲנֵ֣ה מִדְיָ֔ן הָ֥יָה ל֖וֹ מִתַּ֥חַת בָּעֵֽמֶק
and,the_camp_of Midyān it_became to=him/it (Some words not found in UHB: and=they_took DOM provisions the,people in,hand_of,their and=DOM trumpets_of,their and=DOM all/each/any/every (a)_man Yisrael sent (a)_man to,tents_of,his and,on,three hundreds the=man kept and,the_camp_of Midyān it_became to=him/it from=under in,valley )
The author is introducing a new event in the story. The ULT indicates this with the word Now. Use a word, phrase, or other method in your language that is natural for introducing a new event.
OET-LV And_ the_people _they_took DOM provision[s] in_hand_of_their and_DOM trumpets_of_their and_DOM every_of (the)_man_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) he_sent_away each to_tents_of_his and_on_three hundred(s) the_man he_kept_hold and_the_camp_of Midyān it_was to_him/it from_under in_valley.
OET (OET-RV) Then the three-hundred warriors collected the food and ram’s horns from the others before Gid’on sent the others back to their own homes.
¶ The Midyan camp was below them down in the valley
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.