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OET (OET-LV) And_sent messengers to ʼAⱱīmelek in/on/at/with_cover to_say here Gaˊal the_son of_ˊEⱱed and_relatives_his [are]_coming Shəkem_to and_see_they [are]_shutting_up DOM the_city against_you.
OET (OET-RV) and he sent messengers to Abimelek in secret, saying, “Listen, Ebed’s son Gaal and his brothers are coming to Shekem, and wow, they’re inciting the city against you.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns
בְּתָרְמָ֣ה
in/on/at/with,cover
If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of deceit, you could express the same idea in another way. The idea is that Zebul sent the messengers openly but pretended that he was sending them for some other reason. The idea is not that Zebul sent the messengers secretly so that no one knew he had sent them. Alternate translation: “deceitfully”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וְאֶחָיו֙ בָּאִ֣ים שְׁכֶ֔מָה
and,relatives,his come Shechem,to
See how you translated the similar expression in 9:26. Alternate translation: “has come to Shechem with a band of men”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
אֶת־הָעִ֖יר
DOM the=city
Zebul’s messengers are using the term city by association to mean the people of the city. Alternate translation: “the people of the city”
9:1-57 The reign of Abimelech was the turning point between the comparative rest of the early period of judges (3:7–8:35) and the decline of the later years (10:1–16:31).
OET (OET-LV) And_sent messengers to ʼAⱱīmelek in/on/at/with_cover to_say here Gaˊal the_son of_ˊEⱱed and_relatives_his [are]_coming Shəkem_to and_see_they [are]_shutting_up DOM the_city against_you.
OET (OET-RV) and he sent messengers to Abimelek in secret, saying, “Listen, Ebed’s son Gaal and his brothers are coming to Shekem, and wow, they’re inciting the city against you.
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.