OET interlinear JDG 9:31

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

בְּ⁠תָרְמָ֣ה

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_sent messengers to/towards ʼAⱱīmelek in,treachery to=say see/lo/see! Gaˊal son_of ˊEⱱed and,brothers_of,his come to,Shechem and,here,they stirring_up DOM the=city on,you )

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

הִנֵּה֩ & וְ⁠הִנָּ֛⁠ם

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_sent messengers to/towards ʼAⱱīmelek in,treachery to=say see/lo/see! Gaˊal son_of ˊEⱱed and,brothers_of,his come to,Shechem and,here,they stirring_up DOM the=city on,you )

See the discussion of this term in the Introduction to Judges, and see how you translated the similar expression in [1:2](../01/02.md). Alternate translation: [Now listen … and pay attention]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠אֶחָי⁠ו֙ בָּאִ֣ים שְׁכֶ֔מָ⁠ה

and,brothers_of,his (Some words not found in UHB: and,he_sent messengers to/towards ʼAⱱīmelek in,treachery to=say see/lo/see! Gaˊal son_of ˊEⱱed and,brothers_of,his come to,Shechem and,here,they stirring_up DOM the=city on,you )

See how you translated the similar expression in [9:26](../09/26.md). Alternate translation: [has come to Shechem with a band of men]

Note 4 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]