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People tagged in the matching LV passage: Dan (GEN 30:6)
Places tagged in the matching LV passage: Dan (GEN 14:14) · Leshem
OET-LV And_ the_territory_of the_descendants_of Dān _he/it_went_out from_them and_ the_descendants_of Dān _they_went_up and_they_waged_war with Leshem and_they_captured it and_they_struck_down it to_the_mouth_of the_sword and_they_took_possession_of it and_they_lived in_it and_they_called (to)_Leshem Dān like/according_to_name of_Dān ancestor_of_their.
OET (OET-RV) Dan’s border went out from them.[fn] Then Dan’s descendants battled against Leshem and captured it and slaughtered their inhabitants. So they took it over and settled in Leshem but they renamed it to ‘Dan’ after their ancestor.
19:47 Translations vary widely here because we’re not sure what is meant by the literal rendering that we’ve kept here.
(Later, when the territory of the Danites was lost to them,
But the people of the Dan clan failed to conquer the land that was assigned to them.
But the clan of Dan did not succeed in taking all their land.
Later, when the territory of the Danites was lost to them: The Hebrew clause that the BSB translates as the territory of the Danites was lost to them is more literally “the territory of the people of Dan went out from them.” The clan of Dan was not able to take over all the land that was given to them by lot. Judges 1:34 says that the Amorites fought against the people of Dan and so they could not take over the land that was on the plain near the sea.
Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:
But the people of the Dan clan failed to conquer all the land they had received
But the tribe of Dan had trouble taking possession of their land (NLT)
they went up and fought against Leshem,
So they went northeast to Leshem town and attacked it.
Because of that, they went up to Leshem town and fought against it.
they went up and fought against Leshem: The town of Leshem was an ancient town that was at the source of the Jordan River. It was northeast of the other towns given to the people of Dan. In Judges 18:7 this town is called Laish. The clause they went up and fought against Leshem indicates that the members of the Dan clan attacked the town of Leshem.
Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:
So the clan of Dan went northeast to the town of Leshem and attacked it
Because of that, the people of the Dan clan went up to Leshem and fought against it
captured it, and put it to the sword.
They conquered the town and killed the people with the sword.
They defeated and killed the people in the town.
captured it, and put it to the sword: The clause that the BSB translates as captured it, and put it to the sword indicates that the Dan people defeated and killed the people of Leshem town.
Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:
They conquered the town and killed the people with the sword
They defeated and killed the people in the town
So they took possession of Leshem, settled there,
Then they moved into the town and lived in it.
Then they began to live in Leshem,
So they took possession of Lethem, settled there: The clause they took possession of Lethem, settled there indicates that the people of the Dan clan moved into the town and began to live there.
and renamed it after their father Dan.)
They gave the town a new name, Dan, according to the name of their ancestor.
and changed the name of the city to Dan, the man from whom their tribe descended. (T4T)
and renamed it: The phrase renamed it indicates that the Dan clan renamed the town of Leshem. They named it “Dan.”
Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:
Then they moved into that town and lived in it. They gave the town a new name, Dan.
Then they began to live in Leshem, and changed the name of the town to Dan (T4T)
after their father Dan: Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:
according to the name of their ancestor Dan
the man from whom their tribe descended (T4T)
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
וַיֵּצֵ֥א גְבוּל־בְּנֵי־דָ֖ן מֵהֶ֑ם
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_went_out territory_of sons_of Dān from=them and,they_went_up sons_of Dān and,they_waged_war with Leshem and,they_captured ,it and,they_struck_down ,it to_[the],mouth_of sword and,they_took_possession_of ,it and=they_lived in,it and,they_called (to),Leshem Dān like/according_to=name Dān ancestor_of,their )
The author is speaking of the border, here representing the territory, as if it were a living thing that could move by itself. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [But enemies reconquered some of the territory of the tribe of Dan]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וַיַּכּ֧וּ אוֹתָ֣הּ לְפִי־חֶ֗רֶב
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_went_out territory_of sons_of Dān from=them and,they_went_up sons_of Dān and,they_waged_war with Leshem and,they_captured ,it and,they_struck_down ,it to_[the],mouth_of sword and,they_took_possession_of ,it and=they_lived in,it and,they_called (to),Leshem Dān like/according_to=name Dān ancestor_of,their )
See how you translated the similar expression in Joshua 6:21. See the discussion of this expression in the Introduction to Joshua, and be sure that you have been translating it consistently throughout the book. Alternate translation: [and they attacked it and killed everyone who lived there]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
דָּ֥ן אֲבִיהֶֽם
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_went_out territory_of sons_of Dān from=them and,they_went_up sons_of Dān and,they_waged_war with Leshem and,they_captured ,it and,they_struck_down ,it to_[the],mouth_of sword and,they_took_possession_of ,it and=they_lived in,it and,they_called (to),Leshem Dān like/according_to=name Dān ancestor_of,their )
The author is speaking as if Dan were the actual father of the current generation. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [their ancestor Dan]
OET-LV And_ the_territory_of the_descendants_of Dān _he/it_went_out from_them and_ the_descendants_of Dān _they_went_up and_they_waged_war with Leshem and_they_captured it and_they_struck_down it to_the_mouth_of the_sword and_they_took_possession_of it and_they_lived in_it and_they_called (to)_Leshem Dān like/according_to_name of_Dān ancestor_of_their.
OET (OET-RV) Dan’s border went out from them.[fn] Then Dan’s descendants battled against Leshem and captured it and slaughtered their inhabitants. So they took it over and settled in Leshem but they renamed it to ‘Dan’ after their ancestor.
19:47 Translations vary widely here because we’re not sure what is meant by the literal rendering that we’ve kept here.
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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