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OET-LV And_belonged_to_the_clans_of the_descendants_of Mərārī the_Lēviyyiy who_remained from_with the_tribe_of Zəⱱūlūn DOM Yoqnəˊām/(Jokneam) and_DOM lands_of_its_pasture DOM Kartah and_DOM lands_of_its_pasture.
OET (OET-RV) The remaining Levite Merari clans were allocated cities from within Zevulun’s territory: Yakeneam, Kartah,
This is what the Merarite clan (the rest of the Levites) were given:
¶ The remaining Levi people belonged to the families descended from Merari.
¶ The other Levi people were families who descended from Merari.
the Merarite clan: The phrase the Merarite clan refers to the families who were descended from Merari. All the Levites who were not yet named were from the Merari families.
the rest of the Levites: The phrase the rest of the Levites refers to all the descendants of Levi who had not been named previously.
From the tribe of Zebulun they were given Jokneam, Kartah,
From the clan of Zebulun they were given the town of Jokne-am with the grazing lands around it, the town of Kartah with the grazing lands around it,
The descendants of Zebulun gave them Jokne-am town with its grasslands, and Kartah town with its grasslands,
From the tribe of Zebulun they were given: Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:
The Levites that remained belonged to the families descended from Merari. From the clan of Zebulun they were given…
The other Levi people were descended from Merari. The clan of Zebulun gave them…
Jokneam: The town of Jokneam is mentioned in 12:22. It was northwest of Meggido at the foot of Mount Carmel.Rasmussen p. 241.
Kartah: The location of the town of Kartah is unknown.
Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:
The town of Jokne-am with the grazing lands around it, the town of Kartah with the grazing lands around it,
Jokne-am town with its grasslands, Kartah town with its grasslands
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
הַלְוִיִּ֣ם הַנּוֹתָרִים֒
(Some words not found in UHB: and_[belonged],to,the_clans_of sons_of Mərārī the,Levites [who],remained from,with tribe_of Zevulun DOM Yāqənəˊām/(Jokneam) and=DOM lands_of,its_pasture DOM Kartah and=DOM lands_of,its_pasture )
In this case, the term remaining means something different than it did in verses 5 and 26. The author is using it to refer implicitly to the last group of Levites, which had not yet received any cities. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [the group of Levites that was still waiting to receive cities]
OET-LV And_belonged_to_the_clans_of the_descendants_of Mərārī the_Lēviyyiy who_remained from_with the_tribe_of Zəⱱūlūn DOM Yoqnəˊām/(Jokneam) and_DOM lands_of_its_pasture DOM Kartah and_DOM lands_of_its_pasture.
OET (OET-RV) The remaining Levite Merari clans were allocated cities from within Zevulun’s territory: Yakeneam, Kartah,
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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