OET interlinear JOS 7:1

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-background

וַ⁠יִּמְעֲל֧וּ בְנֵֽי־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל מַ֖עַל בַּ⁠חֵ֑רֶם

and,broke_faith sons_of Yisrael unfaithfulness in/on/at/with,devoted_things

In this verse, 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: writing-poetry

וַ⁠יִּמְעֲל֧וּ בְנֵֽי־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל מַ֖עַל

and,broke_faith sons_of Yisrael unfaithfulness

For emphasis, the author is using a construction in which a verb and its object come from the same root. You may be able to use the same construction in your language to express the meaning here. Alternatively, your language may have another way of showing the emphasis. The idea is that one Israelite did something secret and deceptive that was a betrayal of the trust that Yahweh had placed in all of the Israelites. Alternate translation: “But the sons of Israel deceptively betrayed Yahweh”

בַּ⁠חֵ֑רֶם & הַ⁠חֵ֔רֶם

(Some words not found in UHB: and,broke_faith sons_of Yisrael unfaithfulness in/on/at/with,devoted_things and=he/it_took ˊĀkān son_of Karmī son_of Zaⱱdiy son_of Zeraḩ of,tribe Yehuda from/more_than the,devoted_things and=it_glowed/burned also/though YHWH in/on/at/with,sons Yisrael )

To decide how to translate the term devoted in its two instances here and throughout this chapter, see the discussion in the General Introduction to Joshua. Also see how you translated the term in 2:10 and in 6:17–21. Alternate translation: “regarding something they were supposed to destroy completely … the things they were supposed to destroy completely”

Note 3 topic: translate-names

עָכָ֣ן & כַּרְמִי֩ & זַבְדִּ֨י & זֶ֜רַח

ˊĀkān & (Some words not found in UHB: and,broke_faith sons_of Yisrael unfaithfulness in/on/at/with,devoted_things and=he/it_took ˊĀkān son_of Karmī son_of Zaⱱdiy son_of Zeraḩ of,tribe Yehuda from/more_than the,devoted_things and=it_glowed/burned also/though YHWH in/on/at/with,sons Yisrael )

Achan, Karmi, Zabdi, and Zerah are the names of men.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

אַ֥ף יְהוָ֖ה

also/though YHWH

The author is using the nose of Yahweh to mean his anger, by association with the way that a person who is angry breathes heavily through his nose. Your language and culture may also associate anger with a particular part of the body. If so, you could use an expression involving that part of the body in your translation. You could also use plain language. Alternate translation: “the anger of Yahweh”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וַ⁠יִּֽחַר

and=it_glowed/burned

The author is speaking as if the nose of Yahweh, representing his anger, had actually burned. He mans that it became very intense. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “And … became very intense”