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Places tagged in the matching LV passage: Aroer (DEU 2:36) · Medeba
OET-LV And_he/it_was to/for_them the_territory from_ˊArōˊēr which is_on the_edge_of the_wadi_of ʼArnōn and_the_city which in_the_middle of_the_wadi and_all the_plain at Mēydəⱱāʼ.
OET (OET-RV) The area from Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon riverbed) along to the town in the middle of the valley, to the plateau near Meydeva,
Before Moses died he had given land to the tribes of Reuben, Gad and the half-tribe of Manasseh. In this section Yahweh reminded Joshua of the land that they still had not conquered. Then there is a detailed listing of the boundaries of the lands on the east side of the Jordan River.
Here is another possible section heading:
The land east of the Jordan River
The territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley,
Their territory extended from Aroer on the edge of the valley of the Arnon River,
Their land started at Aroer City at the Arnon River gorge.
The Hebrew word that the BSB that other versions translate as “and” or “so” leaves untranslated introduces the details about the land that was given to Reuben. Use whatever connecting word or particle is appropriate in your language.
The territory from Aroer on the rim of the Arnon Valley: The Hebrew words of this clause are almost identical to the words in 13:9a, and you should translate it in the same way.
along with the city in the middle of the valley, to the whole plateau beyond Medeba,
including the town that is halfway along the valley, to the plain beyond Medeba.
It included the city that is halfway along the Arnon River gorge, and the whole of the Medeba Plateau.
along with the city in the middle of the valley, to the whole plateau beyond Medeba: The Hebrew words of this clause are almost identical to the words in 13:9b-c, and you should translate it in the same way.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
שְׂפַת
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was to/for=them the,territory from,Aroer which/who on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in language_of valley_of ʼArnōn and,the,city which/who in_the=middle of,the_wadi and=all the,plain on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Mēydəⱱāʼ )
See how you translated the same expression in Joshua 12:2.
OET-LV And_he/it_was to/for_them the_territory from_ˊArōˊēr which is_on the_edge_of the_wadi_of ʼArnōn and_the_city which in_the_middle of_the_wadi and_all the_plain at Mēydəⱱāʼ.
OET (OET-RV) The area from Aroer (on the edge of the Arnon riverbed) along to the town in the middle of the valley, to the plateau near Meydeva,
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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