OET interlinear HERO (JDG) 8:11

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

הַ⁠שְּׁכוּנֵ֣י בָֽ⁠אֳהָלִ֔ים

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_ascended Gidˊōn road/way_of of,[those_who]_dwell_of in,tents from=east of,Nobah and,Jogbehah and,he_attacked DOM the,army and,the,army it_became unsuspecting )

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [the ones who live in tents]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

דֶּ֚רֶךְ הַ⁠שְּׁכוּנֵ֣י בָֽ⁠אֳהָלִ֔ים

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_ascended Gidˊōn road/way_of of,[those_who]_dwell_of in,tents from=east of,Nobah and,Jogbehah and,he_attacked DOM the,army and,the,army it_became unsuspecting )

The author is using the phrase the road of the ones lodged in tents to describe a caravan road, by association with the way that caravan travelers stayed on this road for many days, pitching their tents alongside the road to sleep at night. Alternate translation: [the caravan road]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

מִ⁠קֶּ֥דֶם לְ⁠נֹ֖בַח וְ⁠יָגְבֳּהָ֑ה

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_ascended Gidˊōn road/way_of of,[those_who]_dwell_of in,tents from=east of,Nobah and,Jogbehah and,he_attacked DOM the,army and,the,army it_became unsuspecting )

The author is describing the location of places relative to one another in the way that is characteristic of his culture. In your translation, express this in the way your culture customarily describes the location of places relative to one another. Alternate translation: [to the east of Nobah and Jogbehah]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

וַ⁠יַּךְ֙ אֶת־הַֽ⁠מַּחֲנֶ֔ה וְ⁠הַֽ⁠מַּחֲנֶ֖ה הָ֥יָה בֶֽטַח

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_ascended Gidˊōn road/way_of of,[those_who]_dwell_of in,tents from=east of,Nobah and,Jogbehah and,he_attacked DOM the,army and,the,army it_became unsuspecting )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of security, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [And he struck the camp while the soldiers were feeling secure]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וַ⁠יַּךְ֙

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_ascended Gidˊōn road/way_of of,[those_who]_dwell_of in,tents from=east of,Nobah and,Jogbehah and,he_attacked DOM the,army and,the,army it_became unsuspecting )

See the discussion of the term struck in the Introduction to Judges, and see how you translated it in 3:13. Alternate translation: [And he attacked]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

אֶת־הַֽ⁠מַּחֲנֶ֔ה

DOM (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_ascended Gidˊōn road/way_of of,[those_who]_dwell_of in,tents from=east of,Nobah and,Jogbehah and,he_attacked DOM the,army and,the,army it_became unsuspecting )

Here, as in the previous verse, the author is using the word camp to mean the soldiers in the camp. Alternate translation: [the enemy soldiers]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / events

וַ⁠יַּךְ֙ אֶת־הַֽ⁠מַּחֲנֶ֔ה וְ⁠הַֽ⁠מַּחֲנֶ֖ה הָ֥יָה בֶֽטַח

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_ascended Gidˊōn road/way_of of,[those_who]_dwell_of in,tents from=east of,Nobah and,Jogbehah and,he_attacked DOM the,army and,the,army it_became unsuspecting )

Since the camp was in security before Gideon struck or “attacked” it, in your translation you may wish to relate these events in the order in which they happened. Alternate translation: [And the soldiers were feeling secure, but he attacked their camp]