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People tagged in the matching LV passage: Gad (GEN 30:11) · Manasseh (son of Joseph) · Phinehas (Levite) · Reuben
OET-LV And_ Pinḩāş the_priest/officer and_the_leaders_of the_congregation and_the_heads_of the_families_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) who with_him/it _he/it_listened DOM the_words/messages which the_descendants_of Rəʼūⱱēn and_the_sons of_Gād and_the_sons of_Mənashsheh they_spoke and_it_was_good in_eyes_of_their.
OET (OET-RV) So Pinhas the priest and the other community and clan leaders with him, listened to what the descendants of Re’uven, Gad, and Menasheh (Manasseh) told them, and it sounded sensible to them,
Before the clans of Reuben, Gad and half the clan of Manasseh returned to their homes on the east side of the Jordan River, they built an altar beside the river on the west side. This made the clans on the west side of the river angry. They thought the clans from the east side were rebelling against Yahweh and being unfaithful to the covenant. When the clans from the east side explained their reason for building the altar, the other Israelites were pleased and stopped being angry.
When Phinehas the priest and the chiefs of the congregation—the heads of Israel’s clans who were with him—
¶ When Phinehas the priest and the leaders of the community of Israel, who were the heads of the Israel clans who were with him
¶ Phinehas the priest and the leaders of Israel who were with him
When Phinehas the priest and the chiefs of the congregation—the heads of Israel’s clans who were with him: The group of men who are referred to in this part of the verse are the same group of men as in verse 14.
Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:
When Phinehas the priest and the leaders of the community of Israel, the heads of the Israelite families who were with him,
Phinehas the priest and the leaders of Israel who were with him
heard what the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh had to say,
heard what the people of Reuben, Gad and Manasseh said,
listened to what the people from the Reuben clan, the Gad clan, and the Manasseh clan said.
heard what the descendants of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh had to say: Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:
heard what the people of Reuben, Gad and the clan of Manasseh said
listened to what the people from the Reuben clan, the Gad clan and the Manasseh clan said
they were satisfied: The Hebrew clause that the BSB translates as they were satisfied is more literally “it was good in their eyes.”
Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:
they were pleased
they approved of their words
they were satisfied.
they were pleased.
They approved of their words.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet
וּנְשִׂיאֵ֨י הָעֵדָ֜ה וְרָאשֵׁ֨י אַלְפֵ֤י יִשְׂרָאֵל֙
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_listened Pinḩāş the=priest/officer and,the_leaders_of of,the_congregation and,the_heads_of clans_of Yisrael which/who with=him/it DOM the,words which/who spoke sons_of Reuven and=the_sons Gād and=the_sons Mənashsheh and,it_was_good in,eyes_of,their )
The terms mean similar things. The author is using them together for emphasis and clarity. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: [and the Israelite clan leaders whom the assembly had chosen]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
אֶת־הַ֨דְּבָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֧ר דִּבְּר֛וּ בְּנֵי־רְאוּבֵ֥ן וּבְנֵי־גָ֖ד וּבְנֵ֣י מְנַשֶּׁ֑ה
DOM (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_listened Pinḩāş the=priest/officer and,the_leaders_of of,the_congregation and,the_heads_of clans_of Yisrael which/who with=him/it DOM the,words which/who spoke sons_of Reuven and=the_sons Gād and=the_sons Mənashsheh and,it_was_good in,eyes_of,their )
The author is using the term words by association to mean what the eastern representatives said by using words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [the explanation that the people of Reuben, Gad, and Manasseh had given]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וַיִּיטַ֖ב בְּעֵינֵיהֶֽם
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_listened Pinḩāş the=priest/officer and,the_leaders_of of,the_congregation and,the_heads_of clans_of Yisrael which/who with=him/it DOM the,words which/who spoke sons_of Reuven and=the_sons Gād and=the_sons Mənashsheh and,it_was_good in,eyes_of,their )
The author is using the common expression of his culture, in the eyes of, to mean “in the judgment of” or “in the opinion of.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [And they judged this to be a good reason for building the altar]
OET-LV And_ Pinḩāş the_priest/officer and_the_leaders_of the_congregation and_the_heads_of the_families_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) who with_him/it _he/it_listened DOM the_words/messages which the_descendants_of Rəʼūⱱēn and_the_sons of_Gād and_the_sons of_Mənashsheh they_spoke and_it_was_good in_eyes_of_their.
OET (OET-RV) So Pinhas the priest and the other community and clan leaders with him, listened to what the descendants of Re’uven, Gad, and Menasheh (Manasseh) told them, and it sounded sensible to them,
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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