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OET (OET-LV) And_sent the_men of_Giⱱˊōn to Yəhōshūˊa to the_camp the_Gilgāl_at to_say do_not let_drop hand_your from_servants_your come_up to_us quickly and_save to/for_ourselves and_help_us if/because they_have_gathered_together against_us all the_kings the_Emori [who]_dwell the_hill_country.
OET (OET-RV) The leaders of Gibeon hurriedly sent to Yehoshua in the camp at Gilgal, saying, “Don’t abandon your servants. Come quickly and help us, and save us because all the kings of the Amorites who live in the hill country have combined against us.”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
אַל תֶּ֥רֶף יָדֶ֖יךָ מֵֽעֲבָדֶ֑יךָ
not abandon hand,your from,servants,your
The men of Gibeon are speaking as if Joshua had his hands around them but might let his hands drop so that he was no longer holding them. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “Do not stop helping your servants”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person
מֵֽעֲבָדֶ֑יךָ
from,servants,your
The men of Gibeon are speaking about themselves in the third person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this in the first person. Alternate translation: “from us”
Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
עֲלֵ֧ה אֵלֵ֣ינוּ מְהֵרָ֗ה וְהוֹשִׁ֤יעָה לָּ֨נוּ֙ וְעָזְרֵ֔נוּ כִּ֚י נִקְבְּצ֣וּ אֵלֵ֔ינוּ כָּל מַלְכֵ֥י הָהָֽר
leaf_of to,us quickly and,save, to/for=ourselves and,help,us that/for/because/then/when gathered against,us all/each/any/every kings (Some words not found in UHB: and,sent men_of Giⱱˊōn to/towards Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) to/towards the,camp the,Gilgal,at to=say not abandon hand,your from,servants,your leaf_of to,us quickly and,save, to/for=ourselves and,help,us that/for/because/then/when gathered against,us all/each/any/every kings the=Emori dwell the,hill_country )
If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the result that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: “because all of the kings of the Amorites dwelling in the hill country have gathered against us, come up to us quickly and help us and save us”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / events
וְהוֹשִׁ֤יעָה לָּ֨נוּ֙ וְעָזְרֵ֔נוּ
and,save, to/for=ourselves and,help,us
The author is describing one event before describing another event that would precede it. In your translation, you may wish to relate these events in the order in which they would happen. Alternate translation: “and help us and save us”
10:1-43 Gibeon and its neighboring cities occupied a plateau north of Jerusalem (see study note on 7:2). With Gibeon now allied to Israel, control of the plateau and of the central hill country in the vicinity of Gibeon belonged to Israel. Throughout history, whoever has controlled the plateau has, in general, also controlled the hill country. The Canaanite kings had to conquer Gibeon or their cause was lost.
OET (OET-LV) And_sent the_men of_Giⱱˊōn to Yəhōshūˊa to the_camp the_Gilgāl_at to_say do_not let_drop hand_your from_servants_your come_up to_us quickly and_save to/for_ourselves and_help_us if/because they_have_gathered_together against_us all the_kings the_Emori [who]_dwell the_hill_country.
OET (OET-RV) The leaders of Gibeon hurriedly sent to Yehoshua in the camp at Gilgal, saying, “Don’t abandon your servants. Come quickly and help us, and save us because all the kings of the Amorites who live in the hill country have combined against us.”
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.