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People tagged in the matching LV passage: Manasseh (son of Joseph)
OET-LV And_not the_descendants_of Mənashsheh they_were_able to_take_possession_of DOM the_cities the_these and_ the_Kənaˊₐnī/(Canaanite)[s] _he_was_determined to_dwell on_the_earth (the)_this.
OET (OET-RV) But Menasheh’s descendants weren’t able to take possession of those cities, so the Kena’anim (Canaanites) continued to live in the region.
This section describes the boundaries of the land given to Ephraim and to Manasseh, and the towns within each of their lands.
But the descendants of Manasseh were unable to occupy these cities,
But the clan of Manasseh was not able to conquer those towns.
But the descendants of Manasseh could not make the Canaan people leave those towns.
But the descendants of Manasseh were unable to occupy these cities: The phrase the descendants of Manasseh refers to the clan of Manasseh.
But the clan of Manasseh was not able to conquer those towns
But the descendants of Manasseh clan could not make the Canaanite people leave those towns
because the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land.
The people of Canaan were determined to live in that territory.
The Canaan people continued to live there.
because the Canaanites were determined to stay in this land: Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:
The people of Canaan were determined to live in the land
The Canaan people continued to live there
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun
הַֽכְּנַעֲנִ֔י
(Some words not found in UHB: and=not could sons_of Mənashsheh to,take_possession_of DOM the,cities the=these and,he_was_determined the,Canaanite[s] to,dwell on_the=earth (the),this )
The author is not referring to a specific Canaanite. He means the Canaanite people group in general. It may be more natural in your language to express this meaning by using a plural form. Alternate translation: [the Canaanites]
OET-LV And_not the_descendants_of Mənashsheh they_were_able to_take_possession_of DOM the_cities the_these and_ the_Kənaˊₐnī/(Canaanite)[s] _he_was_determined to_dwell on_the_earth (the)_this.
OET (OET-RV) But Menasheh’s descendants weren’t able to take possession of those cities, so the Kena’anim (Canaanites) continued to live in the region.
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.