OET interlinear JDG 9:21

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַ⁠יָּ֣נָס יוֹתָ֔ם וַ⁠יִּבְרַ֖ח

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_fled Yōtām/(Jotham) and,he_ran_away and=he/it_went to,Beer and=he/it_sat_down//remained//lived there from=face/in_front_of ʼAⱱīmelek his/its=brother )

While the words escaped and fled mean similar things, the author does not seem to be using them together for emphasis (for example, to mean “hurriedly ran away”) or to express a single idea through them (for example, to mean “escaped by running away”). He seems to mean implicitly that Jotham escaped from Shechem, that is, he was able to shout his message without being captured, and then fled to the city of Beer where he was apparently safe from Abimelech. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [Then Jotham escaped from Shechem and fled for safety]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מִ⁠פְּנֵ֖י

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_fled Yōtām/(Jotham) and,he_ran_away and=he/it_went to,Beer and=he/it_sat_down//remained//lived there from=face/in_front_of ʼAⱱīmelek his/its=brother )

See the discussion of this phrase in the Introduction to Judges, and see how you translated the similar expression in [2:3](../02/03.md). Alternate translation: [away from the presence of]

Note 3 topic: translate-kinship

אָחִֽי⁠ו

his/its=brother

Jotham and Abimelech had the same father but not the same mother. Your language may have its own term or expression for this relationship. Alternate translation: [his father’s son]