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 C7 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21
Hero 8 V1 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31 V32 V33 V34 V35
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People tagged in the matching LV passage: Abiezer (NUM 26:30) · Ephraim (GEN 41:52)
Places tagged in the matching LV passage: Abiezer (JDG 8:2)
OET-LV And_he/it_said to_them what have_I_done now like_you(pl) am_not good are_the_gleanings_of ʼEfrayim more_than_the_grape_harvest_of ʼAⱱīˊezer.
OET (OET-RV) “What have I achieved compared to you guys?” answered Gid’on. “Aren’t the seconds of Efrayim’s (Ephraim’s) grapes better than the whole grape harvest of Aviezer?
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
מֶה־עָשִׂ֥יתִי עַתָּ֖ה כָּכֶ֑ם הֲל֗וֹא ט֛וֹב עֹלְל֥וֹת אֶפְרַ֖יִם מִבְצִ֥יר אֲבִיעֶֽזֶר
what? (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to,them what? done now like,you(pl) am=not good gleaning_of_the_grapes_of ʼEfrayim more,than_the_grape_harvest_of ʼAⱱīˊezer )
Gideon is using the question form in order to make a point without being confrontational. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate these questions as statements or as exclamations, particularly if they would not be regarded as confrontational in your culture. Alternate translation: [What I have done is not like what you have done! The gleanings of Ephraim are better than the vintage of Abiezer!]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
הֲל֗וֹא ט֛וֹב עֹלְל֥וֹת אֶפְרַ֖יִם מִבְצִ֥יר אֲבִיעֶֽזֶר
am=not good gleaning_of_the_grapes_of ʼEfrayim more,than_the_grape_harvest_of ʼAⱱīˊezer
Gideon is speaking as if he had literally harvested a crop of grapes and the soldiers from Ephraim had come along after him and collected the few grapes that he had left on the vines. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. (You could also express this as a comparison, as the UST does.) Alternate translation: [The specific thing that you did at the end of the battle was more important than what I and my soldiers did during the battle!]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
מִבְצִ֥יר אֲבִיעֶֽזֶר
more,than_the_grape_harvest_of ʼAⱱīˊezer
Gideon is using the name of his clan, Abiezer by association to mean himself. Alternate translation: [than the grapes I have harvested]
OET-LV And_he/it_said to_them what have_I_done now like_you(pl) am_not good are_the_gleanings_of ʼEfrayim more_than_the_grape_harvest_of ʼAⱱīˊezer.
OET (OET-RV) “What have I achieved compared to you guys?” answered Gid’on. “Aren’t the seconds of Efrayim’s (Ephraim’s) grapes better than the whole grape harvest of Aviezer?
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.