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OET (OET-LV) and_he/it_went_out Gaˊal to_(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before the_citizens of_Shəkem and_fought in/on/at/with_ʼAⱱīmelek.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
וַיֵּ֣צֵא גַ֔עַל & וַיִּלָּ֖חֶם בַּאֲבִימֶֽלֶךְ
and=he/it_went_out Gaˊal & and,fought in/on/at/with,Abimelech
As the General Introduction to Judges discuss, the author is using Gaal and Abimelek to represent them and their armies. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “So Gaal led his soldiers into battle … against Abimelek and his soldiers”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
לִפְנֵ֖י בַּעֲלֵ֣י שְׁכֶ֑ם
to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before masters Shekem
This could mean: (1) that the lords of Shechem watched as Gaal went out to fight Abimelek. They may have wanted to see whether he could fulfill the boasts he made in 9:29 when he said he wanted to be their ruler. Alternate translation: “as the lords of Shechem watched” (2) that Gaal led the lords of Shechem and their men into battle. This seems less likely, as the story only describes the people of Shechem going out of the city the next day. Alternate translation: “as the commander of the lords of Shechem and their men”
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/it_went_out Gaˊal to_(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before the_citizens of_Shəkem and_fought in/on/at/with_ʼAⱱīmelek.
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.