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People tagged in the matching LV passage: God · Joshua (EXO 17:9) · Nun
OET-LV And_he/it_was after the_things the_these and_ Yəhōshūˊa the_son_of Nūn the_servant_of YHWH _he/it_died a_son_of one_hundred and_ten years.
OET (OET-RV) After all that, Nun’s son and Yahweh’s servant Yehoshua (Joshua) died at the age of 110.
In this section Joshua called the people of Israel together to affirm that they would worship and obey only Yahweh. He warned them that Yahweh would bring disaster on them if they worshiped other gods. Then Joshua died and was buried.
Here are some other possible section headings:
Renewing the covenant at Shechem
The Israelites promise to worship only Yahweh
Some time later, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died
¶ After these events had happened, Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died
¶ Sometime after that, Joshua died. He was the son of Nun, and he was Yahweh’s servant.
Some time later, Joshua son of Nun, the servant of the LORD, died: The phrase Some time later refers to an indefinite period of time. It does not mean that Joshua died right after the ceremony of Shechem.
servant of the LORD: The phrase servant of the LORD is the same title that Moses received. Translate this title in the same way as you did in Joshua 1:1.
Here are some other ways to translate this part of the verse:
After these events had happened, Joshua the son of Nun, the servant of Yahweh, died.
Sometime after that, Joshua died. He was the son of Nun and he was Yahweh’s servant.
at the age of 110.
at the age of one hundred and ten.
He was one hundred and ten years old when he died.
at the age of 110: Here is another way to translate this part of the verse:
He was one hundred and ten years old when he died.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
בֶּן־מֵאָ֥ה וָעֶ֖שֶׂר שָׁנִֽים
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was after the,things the=these and=he/it_died Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) son_of Nūn servant_of YHWH son_of hundred and,ten years )
The author is using a common expression of his culture to state someone’s age. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [when he was 110 years old]
OET-LV And_he/it_was after the_things the_these and_ Yəhōshūˊa the_son_of Nūn the_servant_of YHWH _he/it_died a_son_of one_hundred and_ten years.
OET (OET-RV) After all that, Nun’s son and Yahweh’s servant Yehoshua (Joshua) died at the age of 110.
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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