OET interlinear JOS 22:14

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

נָשִׂ֨יא אֶחָ֜ד נָשִׂ֤יא אֶחָד֙ לְ⁠בֵ֣ית אָ֔ב לְ⁠כֹ֖ל מַטּ֣וֹת יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וְ⁠אִ֨ישׁ רֹ֧אשׁ בֵּית אֲבוֹתָ֛⁠ם הֵ֖מָּה לְ⁠אַלְפֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

leader one(ms) leader one(ms) for,household_of father's to=all/each/any/every tribes_of Yisrael and,each_one head house_of father's_of,their they(emph) among,clans_of Yisrael

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. If it would be clearer in your language, you could combine them. Alternate translation: “one leader from each of the tribes of Israel, each one being the head of a clan”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

נָשִׂ֨יא אֶחָ֜ד נָשִׂ֤יא אֶחָד֙ לְ⁠בֵ֣ית אָ֔ב לְ⁠כֹ֖ל מַטּ֣וֹת יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל

leader one(ms) leader one(ms) for,household_of father's to=all/each/any/every tribes_of Yisrael

The author is using a common expression to mean that there was one leader from each tribe. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “there was one leader of a father’s house from each of the Israelite tribes”

Note 3 topic: writing-participants

וְ⁠אִ֨ישׁ

and,each_one

The author is using the phrase a man to introduce each leader as a new participant in the story. If your language has its own way of introducing new participants, you can use it here in your translation.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

לְ⁠אַלְפֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

among,clans_of Yisrael

The author is using the word thousands in one of its implicit senses to mean clans. You could express this meaning in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: “from one of the clans of Israel”