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OET (OET-LV) and_he_repeated again Gaˊal to_spoke and_he/it_said there a_people [are]_coming_down from_in the_center the_earth/land and_company one [is]_coming from_direction of_[the]_great_tree of_[the]_soothsayer.
OET (OET-RV) But Ga’al said again, “Look, groups of people are coming down from beside the top of the hill, and another group is coming from the way of the ‘oak of the diviners’.”
Note 1 topic: translate-plural
עָם֙ יֽוֹרְדִ֔ים
people coming_down
Here the expression coming down is plural, even though the subject, people, is singular. In the previous verse, with the same subject, “coming down” was singular. This suggests that Gaal was speaking of a single group of people in the previous verse and that here he is using people in a collective sense to mean several groups of people. He is now able to distinguish the separate companies, as Abimelek’s troops get closer. If it would be helpful to your readers, you may wish to reflect this distinction in your translation. The UST models one way to do that.
Note 2 topic: translate-transliterate
טַבּ֣וּר הָאָ֑רֶץ
tabbur-erez the=earth/land
This expression could be: (1) a description of some geographic feature. Alternate translation: [the center of the land] or [the crest of that hill] (2) the name of one of the hills around Shechem. Gaal could be pointing out a specific location by name, as he does later in the verse by naming a large tree. If you represent this as a name, you could translate the meaning into your own language, or you could use the words of the Hebrew text and spell them the way they sound in your language. Alternate translation: [the Navel of the Land] or [Tabbur Haarez]
Note 3 topic: translate-transliterate
אֵל֥וֹן מְעוֹנְנִֽים
oak/large_tree diviners'
This expression could be: (1) the name of a large tree near Shechem. You could translate the meaning of this name into your own language, or you could use the words of the Hebrew text and spell them the way they sound in your language. Alternate translation: [the Fortunetellers’ Tree] or [Elon Meonenim] (2) a description of some geographic feature. Alternate translation: [that large tree over there where people tell fortunes]
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_he_repeated again Gaˊal to_spoke and_he/it_said there a_people [are]_coming_down from_in the_center the_earth/land and_company one [is]_coming from_direction of_[the]_great_tree of_[the]_soothsayer.
OET (OET-RV) But Ga’al said again, “Look, groups of people are coming down from beside the top of the hill, and another group is coming from the way of the ‘oak of the diviners’.”
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.