OET interlinear HERO (JDG) 9:38

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

אַיֵּ֨ה אֵפ֥וֹא פִ֨י⁠ךָ֙

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to=him/it Zəⱱul where now mouth_of,[is]_your which/who said who? ʼAⱱīmelek that/for/because/then/when we,will_serve_him ?,not this the,people which/who despised in/on/over=him/it go_out now now and,fight in/on/over=him/it )

Zebul is referring to the confidence that led Gaal to boast against Abimelech by association with the mouth with which Gaal made this boast. Alternate translation: [Where now is your confidence]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

אַיֵּ֨ה אֵפ֥וֹא פִ֨י⁠ךָ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֹּאמַ֔ר

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to=him/it Zəⱱul where now mouth_of,[is]_your which/who said who? ʼAⱱīmelek that/for/because/then/when we,will_serve_him ?,not this the,people which/who despised in/on/over=him/it go_out now now and,fight in/on/over=him/it )

Zebul is using the question form for emphasis. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: [You no longer seem as confident as when you said]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

אֲשֶׁ֣ר תֹּאמַ֔ר מִ֥י אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ כִּ֣י נַעַבְדֶ֑⁠נּוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to=him/it Zəⱱul where now mouth_of,[is]_your which/who said who? ʼAⱱīmelek that/for/because/then/when we,will_serve_him ?,not this the,people which/who despised in/on/over=him/it go_out now now and,fight in/on/over=him/it )

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [by which you asked who Abimelech was, that you should serve him]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

מִ֥י אֲבִימֶ֖לֶךְ כִּ֣י נַעַבְדֶ֑⁠נּוּ

who? ʼAⱱīmelek (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to=him/it Zəⱱul where now mouth_of,[is]_your which/who said who? ʼAⱱīmelek that/for/because/then/when we,will_serve_him ?,not this the,people which/who despised in/on/over=him/it go_out now now and,fight in/on/over=him/it )

Gaal was using the question form for emphasis. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: [We should not serve Abimelech!]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / exclusive

כִּ֣י נַעַבְדֶ֑⁠נּוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to=him/it Zəⱱul where now mouth_of,[is]_your which/who said who? ʼAⱱīmelek that/for/because/then/when we,will_serve_him ?,not this the,people which/who despised in/on/over=him/it go_out now now and,fight in/on/over=him/it )

In the statement he made in 9:28, which Zebul is quoting here, Gaal was using the pronoun we to refer to himself and his listeners, so use the inclusive form of that word if your language marks that distinction. If you translate this statement as an indirect quotation, the word “you” that is equivalent to we should be plural.

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

הֲ⁠לֹ֨א זֶ֤ה הָ⁠עָם֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר מָאַ֣סְתָּה בּ֔⁠וֹ

?,not this the,people (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said to=him/it Zəⱱul where now mouth_of,[is]_your which/who said who? ʼAⱱīmelek that/for/because/then/when we,will_serve_him ?,not this the,people which/who despised in/on/over=him/it go_out now now and,fight in/on/over=him/it )

Zebul is using the question form for emphasis. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: [This is the people that you despised!]

Note 7 topic: grammar-collectivenouns

הֲ⁠לֹ֨א זֶ֤ה הָ⁠עָם֙ & בּֽ⁠וֹ

?,not this the,people & in/on/over=him/it

Gaal is thinking of these people as a group and so he is using the singular pronoun it. It may be more natural in your language to use a plural pronoun. Alternate translation: [Are these not the people … with them]