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OET (OET-LV) And_they_gave to/for_them DOM Qiryat ʼArbaˊ the_father_of (the)_ˊĀnāq that is_Ḩeⱱrōn in_the_hill_country_of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) and_DOM lands_of_its_pasture around_of_it.
OET (OET-RV) Kiriat-Arba and the surrounding fields (now called Hebron—Arba was the father of Anak) in Yehudah’s hill country
They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron),
The people of Israel gave to them the town of Kiriath-arba, which is now called Hebron.
The Israelites gave them the town of Kiriath-arba. That town has another name, which is Hebron.
They gave them Kiriath-arba (that is, Hebron): The town of Kiriath-arba is mentioned in 14:15. The word “Kiriath” means “town” in Hebrew. Arba was the name of one of the Anak people.
with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah. (Arba was the father of Anak.)
Kiriath-arba is in the mountain region that belonged to the clan of Judah. They also gave them the grasslands around it. Arba was the father of Anak.
They also gave them land around the town for their animals. Kiriath-arba is in the mountain country of the descendants of Judah. Arba was the father of Anak.
with its surrounding pasturelands, in the hill country of Judah: Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:
It was in the mountain region that belonged to the clan of Judah. They also gave them the grasslands around it.
They gave them lands around the town for their animals. Hebron was in the mountains of the clan of Judah.
Arba was the father of Anak: The clause that the BSB translates as Arba was the father of Anak is background information. In some languages it may be more natural to place this background information at some other point in the verse.
Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse
The Israelites gave them the town of Kiriath-arba, which is now called Hebron. Arba was the father of Anak.
The people of Israel gave them Kiriath-arba town. Arba was the father of Anak. That town had another name, Hebron.
In some languages it may be more natural to reorder the parts of this verse. For example:
The Israelites gave them Kiriath-arba, together with the grasslands around it, in the hill country of Judah. That town was named after Arba, who was the father of Anak. It is also called Hebron.
Note 1 topic: writing-background
אֶת־קִרְיַת֩ אַרְבַּ֨ע אֲבִ֧י הָֽעֲנ֛וֹק הִ֥יא חֶבְר֖וֹן
DOM Qiryat- four father_of of_(the),Anak she/it Ḩeⱱrōn
See how you presented the similar background information that the author provides in [14:15](../14/15.md) about the former and current name of this city.
21:9-42 The descendants of Aaron received thirteen cities, the rest of the Kohathite clan received ten, the descendants of Gershon received thirteen, and the Merari clan received twelve. There were a total of forty-eight Levitical cities. Each tribe had four Levitical cities, except Judah had eight, Simeon had one, and Naphtali had three. Six of the Levitical cities were also cities of refuge (20:7-8).
OET (OET-LV) And_they_gave to/for_them DOM Qiryat ʼArbaˊ the_father_of (the)_ˊĀnāq that is_Ḩeⱱrōn in_the_hill_country_of Yəhūdāh/(Judah) and_DOM lands_of_its_pasture around_of_it.
OET (OET-RV) Kiriat-Arba and the surrounding fields (now called Hebron—Arba was the father of Anak) in Yehudah’s hill country
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.