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People tagged in the matching LV passage: Achsah · Caleb (NUM 13:6) · Kenaz (JOS 15:17) · Othniel
OET-LV And_he_captured_it ˊOtnīʼēl the_son_of Qənaz the_brother_of Kālēⱱ and_he_gave to_him/it DOM ˊAkşāh daughter_of_his to/for_(a)_woman.
OET (OET-RV) Then Otniel (Kenaz’s son and Kalev’s brother) captured the city, so Kalev gave his daughter Aksah to him for a wife.
This section describes the boundaries of the tribe of Judah and lists the towns that are within those boundaries.
Here are some other possible section headings:
The boundaries of Judah
The land of the tribe of Judah
This paragraph tells about Caleb and his daughter Acsah (also spelled Aksah or Achsah in other English versions). The story of Caleb starts in Numbers 13. In Joshua 14:6–15 Caleb received land from Joshua. In this paragraph Caleb gave Acsah a gift of land when she married Othni-el.
So Othniel son of Caleb’s brother Kenaz captured the city,
Then Othni-el defeated that town. Othni-el was the son of Kenaz, who was Caleb’s younger brother.
Othni-el, who was the son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz, captured Kiriath-sepher town.
So Othniel son of Caleb’s brother Kenaz captured the city: Kenaz was the father of Othniel and the younger brother of Caleb.
Othniel: Here are some ways that English versions spell the name of this person.
Othni-el (RSV, KJV)
Othniel (NET, ESV, NIV, GW, NJPS, GNT, NLT, CEV)
captured the city: The clause captured the city indicates that Othniel attacked and defeated the town of Kiriath-sepher.
Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:
Then Othni-el defeated that town. Othni-el was the son of Kenaz, who was Caleb’s younger brother
Othni-el, who was the son of Caleb’s younger brother Kenaz, captured the town of Kiriath-sepher
and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage.
Then Caleb gave his daughter Achsah to Othni-el to be his wife.
So Caleb let him marry his daughter Achsah.
and Caleb gave his daughter Acsah to him in marriage: Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:
So Caleb gave Othniel his daughter Acsah to be his wife
So Caleb let Othniel marry his daughter Acsah
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
וַיִּתֶּן
(Some words not found in UHB: and,he,captured_it ˊĀtənīʼēl son_of Qənaz brother_of Kālēⱱ/(Caleb) and,he_gave to=him/it DOM ˊAkşāh daughter_of,his to/for=(a)_woman )
The pronoun he refers to Caleb. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [So Caleb gave]
OET-LV And_he_captured_it ˊOtnīʼēl the_son_of Qənaz the_brother_of Kālēⱱ and_he_gave to_him/it DOM ˊAkşāh daughter_of_his to/for_(a)_woman.
OET (OET-RV) Then Otniel (Kenaz’s son and Kalev’s brother) captured the city, so Kalev gave his daughter Aksah to him for a wife.
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.