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OET (OET-LV) And_came to_(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before ʼElˊāzār the_priest/officer and_before Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) the_son of_Nūn and_before the_leaders to_say YHWH he_commanded DOM Mosheh to_give to/for_us an_inheritance in_the_middle brothers_our and_he/it_gave to/for_them to the_mouth of_YHWH an_inheritance in_the_middle the_brothers father_their.
OET (OET-RV) They approached the priest Eleazar and Yehoshua and the other leaders and said, “Yahweh told Mosheh to give us an inheritance along with our brothers.” So he[fn] gave them an inheritance (like he’d given their uncles), as Yahweh had instructed them.
17:4 It’s not clear who this ‘he’ refers to here—some translations choose Eleazar (implied by the sentence structure) and others choose Yehoshua (implied by past allocations of land).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
וַתִּקְרַ֡בְנָה לִפְנֵי֩ אֶלְעָזָ֨ר הַכֹּהֵ֜ן וְלִפְנֵ֣י יְהוֹשֻׁ֣עַ בִּן נ֗וּן וְלִפְנֵ֤י הַנְּשִׂיאִים֙
and,came to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before ʼElˊāzār the=priest/officer and,before, Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) son Nūn and,before, the,leaders
The author is using the term face by association to mean the presence of a person or group. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: “And they came into the presence of Eleazar the priest; Joshua, the son of Nun; and the leaders” or “And they approached Eleazar the priest; Joshua, the son of Nun; and the leaders”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
נַחֲלָ֖ה
inheritance
As the General Introduction to Joshua discusses, here and throughout this chapter, the term inheritance means by association a lasting possession that would be passed down to future generations. Alternate translation: “a lasting possession of land”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
אַחֵ֑ינוּ
brothers,our
Since, as 17:3 indicates, these women had no actual brothers, they are using that term to refer to their relatives. Alternate translation: “the other members of our tribe”
Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns
וַיִּתֵּ֨ן
and=he/it_gave
The pronoun he refers to Joshua. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: “And Joshua gave”
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
יְהוָה֙ אֶל פִּ֤י יְהוָה֙
YHWH YHWH (Some words not found in UHB: and,came to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before ʼElˊāzār the=priest/officer and,before, Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) son Nūn and,before, the,leaders to=say YHWH commanded DOM Mosheh to,give to/for=us inheritance in_the=middle brothers,our and=he/it_gave to/for=them to/towards command YHWH inheritance in_the=middle brothers father,their )
The author is using the term mouth by association to mean the words that Yahweh spoke. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: “according to what Yahweh had commanded”
Note 6 topic: translate-kinship
אֲחֵ֥י אֲבִיהֶֽן
brothers father,their
Your language may have its own term or expression for this relationship. Alternate translation: “their uncles”
17:3-6 In ancient Israel, inheritance usually passed from a father to his sons. Without sons, a man’s name could pass into oblivion. However, Zelophehad’s daughters had petitioned Moses, Moses had inquired of God, and God had ruled that they should inherit their father’s portion (see Num 27:1-11). God’s ruling established a general principle, declaring that no family would be excluded from a portion of God’s material blessings.
OET (OET-LV) And_came to_(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before ʼElˊāzār the_priest/officer and_before Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) the_son of_Nūn and_before the_leaders to_say YHWH he_commanded DOM Mosheh to_give to/for_us an_inheritance in_the_middle brothers_our and_he/it_gave to/for_them to the_mouth of_YHWH an_inheritance in_the_middle the_brothers father_their.
OET (OET-RV) They approached the priest Eleazar and Yehoshua and the other leaders and said, “Yahweh told Mosheh to give us an inheritance along with our brothers.” So he[fn] gave them an inheritance (like he’d given their uncles), as Yahweh had instructed them.
17:4 It’s not clear who this ‘he’ refers to here—some translations choose Eleazar (implied by the sentence structure) and others choose Yehoshua (implied by past allocations of land).
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.