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OET (OET-LV) then he_spoke Yəhōshūˊa to/for_YHWH in/on_day delivered_up YHWH DOM the_Emori to_(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before the_people of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) and_he/it_said in_sight of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) Oh_sun in/on/at/with_Giⱱˊōn be_still and_moon in/on/at/with_valley ʼAyyālōn.
OET (OET-RV) Then Yehoshua spoke to Yahweh on the day that he gave them victory over the Amorites, and in front of the Israelis he said,
⇔ “Sun, stay still over Gibeon,
⇔ ≈and moon, over the Ayyalon Valley.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
בְּי֗וֹם יְהוָה֙ אֶת הָ֣אֱמֹרִ֔י לִפְנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל
in/on=day (Some words not found in UHB: then spoke Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) to/for=YHWH in/on=day to_give YHWH DOM the=Emori to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before sons_of Yisrael and=he/it_said in,sight Yisrael sun in/on/at/with,Gibeon stand_still and,moon in/on/at/with,valley ʼAyyālōn )
The author is using a common expression to mean that Yahweh enabled the Israelites to defeat the Amorites. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “on the day when Yahweh enabled the sons of Israel to defeat the Amorites”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun
אֶת הָ֣אֱמֹרִ֔י
DOM the=Emori
The author is not referring to a specific Amorite. He means all of these Amorites who opposed Joshua. It may be more natural in your language to express this meaning by using a plural form. Alternate translation: “the Amorites” or “these Amorites”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
לְעֵינֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל
in,sight Yisrael
The author is using the term eyes by association to mean witnessing or watching. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: “while the Israelites watched”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
שֶׁ֚מֶשׁ בְּגִבְע֣וֹן דּ֔וֹם וְיָרֵ֖חַ בְּעֵ֥מֶק אַיָּלֽוֹן
sun in/on/at/with,Gibeon stand_still and,moon in/on/at/with,valley ʼAyyālōn
The author is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: “Sun, be still over Gibeon, and moon, be still over the Valley of Aijalon”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative
שֶׁ֚מֶשׁ בְּגִבְע֣וֹן דּ֔וֹם וְיָרֵ֖חַ בְּעֵ֥מֶק אַיָּלֽוֹן
sun in/on/at/with,Gibeon stand_still and,moon in/on/at/with,valley ʼAyyālōn
Since the author says that here Joshua spoke to Yahweh, and since Joshua by himself did not have the power to stop the sun and moon from moving through the sky, this is implicitly a prayer or request from Joshua to Yahweh. You may wish to translate it that way. Alternate translation: “Please make the sun be still over Gibeon and make the moon be still over the Valley of Aijalon” or “May the sun be still over Gibeon, and may the moon be still over the Valley of Aijalon”
10:12 Joshua prayed to have the day lengthened so the Israelites could finish the task without allowing the Amorite forces time to organize a new defense against Israel.
• The sun and moon, two of Canaan’s most powerful gods, proved powerless against the Lord.
• Aijalon was a city near the western end of the Beth-horon road.
OET (OET-LV) then he_spoke Yəhōshūˊa to/for_YHWH in/on_day delivered_up YHWH DOM the_Emori to_(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before the_people of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) and_he/it_said in_sight of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) Oh_sun in/on/at/with_Giⱱˊōn be_still and_moon in/on/at/with_valley ʼAyyālōn.
OET (OET-RV) Then Yehoshua spoke to Yahweh on the day that he gave them victory over the Amorites, and in front of the Israelis he said,
⇔ “Sun, stay still over Gibeon,
⇔ ≈and moon, over the Ayyalon Valley.
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.