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Places tagged in the matching LV passage: Debir (JOS 10:38) · Hebron (GEN 13:18) · Libnah (JOS 10:29)
OET-LV And_he_captured_it and_DOM king_of_its and_DOM all_of cities_of_its and_they_struck_them_down to_the_mouth_of the_sword and_they_totally_destroyed DOM every_of person who was_in_it not he_left a_survivor just_as he_had_done to_Ḩeⱱrōn so he_did to_Dəⱱīr and_to_king_of_its and_as_which he_had_done to_Liⱱnāh and_to_king_of_its.
OET (OET-RV) They captured the city and its king and all their towns, killing everyone and leaving no survivors. They treated Devir and its king just like they had to Livnah and Hevron and their kings.
Joshua defeated seven other important towns in Southern Canaan.
Here is another possible section heading:
Israel defeated the southern towns
And they captured Debir, its king, and all its villages.
They captured it with its king and all the towns near it
They captured Debir City and its king, and the villages under its control
And they captured Debir, its king, and all its villages: In some languages it may be more natural to begin a new sentence, as in the BSB. The clause they captured Debir, its king, and all its villages is similar to verse 10:37a-b. It indicates that the Israelite army captured the king and all the people of Debir and he also captured the small towns that were close by.
They put them to the sword
and they killed the people with their swords.
and they killed the people there.
They put them to the sword: The clause They put them to the sword indicates that the Israelite army killed the people of Debir and the nearby towns. This is a Hebrew idiom that is similar to the clauses in verses 28b, 30b, 32b, 35a, and 37a. It is recommended that you translate it the same way in all these places.
and devoted to destruction everyone in the city,
They devoted every person to Yahweh for destruction.
They claimed them all for Yahweh by destroying them.
leaving no survivors.
There were nobody who lived.
No one was left alive.
and devoted to destruction everyone in the city, leaving no survivors: These two clauses are similar to verse 10:37.
devoted to destruction: The phrase devoted to destruction indicates that Yahweh had claimed these people for himself and they could not be bought back by any means. They must be destroyed.
leaving no survivors: The clause leaving no survivors indicates that not a single person was left alive in the town of Debir and the surrounding towns.
Joshua did to Debir and its king as he had done to Hebron and as he had done to Libnah and its king.
Joshua did the same thing to Debir and its king that he did to Hebron and to Libnah and its king.
Israel did to Debir City and its king as they did to Hebron City, and to Libnah City and its king.
Joshua did to Debir and its king as he had done to Hebron and as he had done to Libnah and its king:Here is another example of how to translate this verse part:
Joshua did the same thing to Debir and its king as he had done to Hebron and as he had done to Libnah and its king
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure
כַּאֲשֶׁ֨ר עָשָׂ֜ה לְחֶבְר֗וֹן כֵּן־עָשָׂ֤ה לִדְבִ֨רָה֙ וּלְמַלְכָּ֔הּ וְכַאֲשֶׁ֥ר עָשָׂ֛ה לְלִבְנָ֖ה וּלְמַלְכָּֽהּ
(Some words not found in UHB: and,he,captured_it and=DOM king_of,its and=DOM all/each/any/every cities_of,its and,they,struck_them_down to_[the],mouth_of sword and,they_totally_destroyed DOM all/each/any/every creature which/who [was]_in,it not left survivors just=as he/it_had_made to,Hebron yes/correct/thus/so he/it_had_made to,Debir, and,to,king_of,its and=as=which he/it_had_made to,Libnah and,to,king_of,its )
Since the author has already described what Joshua did to Hebron and Libnah, it may be more natural in your language to present this information first. Alternate translation: [Just as he had done to Hebron, and just as he had done to Libnah and to its king, thus he did to Debir and to its king]
OET-LV And_he_captured_it and_DOM king_of_its and_DOM all_of cities_of_its and_they_struck_them_down to_the_mouth_of the_sword and_they_totally_destroyed DOM every_of person who was_in_it not he_left a_survivor just_as he_had_done to_Ḩeⱱrōn so he_did to_Dəⱱīr and_to_king_of_its and_as_which he_had_done to_Liⱱnāh and_to_king_of_its.
OET (OET-RV) They captured the city and its king and all their towns, killing everyone and leaving no survivors. They treated Devir and its king just like they had to Livnah and Hevron and their kings.
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.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.
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