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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said to_them Gidˊōn let_me_ask of_you_all a_petition and_give to_me everyone (the)_earring plunder_his if/because earrings of_gold to/for_them if/because [were]_Ishmaelites they.
OET (OET-RV) However, he continued, “Let me ask you all for something: that each man give me the earrings from his spoil.” (The enemies had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)
Note 1 topic: writing-politeness
אֶשְׁאֲלָ֤ה מִכֶּם֙ שְׁאֵלָ֔ה
I_will_request of,you_all request
To make his request politely, Gideon is using a construction in which a verb and its object come from the same root. You may be able to use the same construction in your language to express a polite request. Alternatively, your language may have another way of doing that. Alternate translation: “I just have one small thing that I would like to ask of you”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun
אִ֖ישׁ
(a)_man
Gideon is not referring to a specific man. He means each man in the army. Alternate translation: “each one of you”
Note 3 topic: writing-background
כִּֽי־נִזְמֵ֤י זָהָב֙ לָהֶ֔ם כִּ֥י יִשְׁמְעֵאלִ֖ים הֵֽם
that/for/because/then/when earrings gold to/for=them that/for/because/then/when Ishmaelites they
Here the author is providing background information to help readers understand what is happening in the story. In your translation, introduce this information in a way that would be natural in your own language and culture.
Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
כִּֽי־נִזְמֵ֤י זָהָב֙ לָהֶ֔ם כִּ֥י יִשְׁמְעֵאלִ֖ים הֵֽם
that/for/because/then/when earrings gold to/for=them that/for/because/then/when Ishmaelites they
If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the result that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: “For since they were Ishmaelites, they were wearing golden earrings”
8:24 Ishmaelites and Midianites were both descendants of Abraham (Gen 16:15; 25:2).
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said to_them Gidˊōn let_me_ask of_you_all a_petition and_give to_me everyone (the)_earring plunder_his if/because earrings of_gold to/for_them if/because [were]_Ishmaelites they.
OET (OET-RV) However, he continued, “Let me ask you all for something: that each man give me the earrings from his spoil.” (The enemies had gold earrings because they were Ishmaelites.)
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.