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OET (OET-LV) And_Yərīḩō/(Jericho) [was]_shutting and_being_shut from_face/in_front_of the_people of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) there_[was]_not [one]_going_out and_no [one]_coming.
OET (OET-RV) Now Yericho city was shut-up tightly because of the Israelis, so no one was coming out and no one could go in.
Note 1 topic: writing-background
וִֽירִיחוֹ֙ סֹגֶ֣רֶת וּמְסֻגֶּ֔רֶת מִפְּנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֵ֥ין יוֹצֵ֖א וְאֵ֥ין בָּֽא
and,Jericho shut_up (Some words not found in UHB: and,Jericho shut_up and,being_shut from=face/in_front_of sons_of Yisrael not went_out and,no he/it_came )
The author is providing background information that will help readers understand what happens next in the story. In your translation, introduce this information in a way that would be natural in your own language and culture.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
וִֽירִיחוֹ֙ סֹגֶ֣רֶת וּמְסֻגֶּ֔רֶת מִפְּנֵ֖י בְּנֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אֵ֥ין יוֹצֵ֖א וְאֵ֥ין בָּֽא
and,Jericho shut_up and,being_shut from=face/in_front_of sons_of Yisrael not went_out and,no he/it_came
The phrases Now Jericho was shutting and was being shut up and There was no going out and there was no coming in mean basically the same thing. The author is using them together for emphasis. See the further discussion in the General Notes to this chapter. If it would be clearer in your language, you could combine them. Alternate translation: “The rulers of Jericho were so afraid of the Israelites that they had shut the city gates so that no one could enter, and they had shut up the people inside so that no one could leave”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
וּמְסֻגֶּ֔רֶת
and,being_shut
If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “And the rulers had also shut up the people inside”
6:1 Jericho guarded two important entrances into the heart of the hill country. If the Israelites did not conquer the city first, they would leave a well-armed enemy at their back, standing between the Israelite forces and their families encamped at Gilgal. They had to conquer Jericho first.
OET (OET-LV) And_Yərīḩō/(Jericho) [was]_shutting and_being_shut from_face/in_front_of the_people of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) there_[was]_not [one]_going_out and_no [one]_coming.
OET (OET-RV) Now Yericho city was shut-up tightly because of the Israelis, so no one was coming out and no one could go in.
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.