OET interlinear JOS 17:1

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וַ⁠יְהִ֤י הַ⁠גּוֹרָל֙

and=he/it_was the,allotment

The author is using the term lot by association to mean the territory that was assigned by casting lots. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: “And a territory was assigned by lot”

Note 2 topic: writing-background

כִּי ה֖וּא בְּכ֣וֹר יוֹסֵ֑ף

that/for/because/then/when he/it firstborn Yōşēf/(Joseph)

The author is reminding readers of what he has already told them in 16:4, that the descendants of Joseph had become the two tribes of Ephraim and Manasseh. So most of the tribal allotments went to descendants of Jacob’s sons, but the allotments described in 16:5–10 and in this chapter went to descendants of Jacob’s grandsons.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

לְ⁠מָכִיר֩ בְּכ֨וֹר מְנַשֶּׁ֜ה אֲבִ֣י הַ⁠גִּלְעָ֗ד

to,Machir firstborn Mənashsheh father_of the,Gilead

Be sure that it is clear in your translation that Makir, not Manasseh, was the father of Gilead. Alternate translation: “For Makir, who was the firstborn of Manasseh and who was the father of Gilead”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

כִּ֣י ה֤וּא הָיָה֙ אִ֣ישׁ מִלְחָמָ֔ה וַֽ⁠יְהִי ל֖⁠וֹ

that/for/because/then/when he/it it_became (a)_man war and=he/it_was to=him/it

The author is using the singular pronouns he and him, representing Makir, by association to mean his descendants. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: “because his descendants were great warriors, so to them”