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OET (OET-LV) And_killed from_them the_men the_ˊAy about_thirty and_six man and_chased_them to_(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before the_gate to the_Sheⱱaˊrim and_struck_down_them in/on/at/with_descent and_melted the_heart the_people and_he/it_was as_water.
OET (OET-RV) The men from Ay chased them from the city gate downhill to Shevarim and fought them on the slopes. About thirty-six of them were killed, and the Israelis became very afraid and lost all their courage.
Note 1 topic: translate-transliterate
הַשְּׁבָרִ֔ים
(Some words not found in UHB: and,killed from=them men_of the,Ai about,thirty and,six (a)_man and,chased,them to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before the,gate until the,Shebarim and,struck_~_down,them in/on/at/with,descent and,melted hearts the,people and=he/it_was as,water )
The word translated as the stone quarries could be: (1) a description of a geographic feature near the city of Ai. Alternate translation: “the nearby rock quarries” (2) the name of a place. If you decide that this is the name of a place, you can spell the Hebrew word the way it sounds in your language. Alternate translation: “Shebarim”
Note 2 topic: translate-unknown
הַשְּׁבָרִ֔ים
(Some words not found in UHB: and,killed from=them men_of the,Ai about,thirty and,six (a)_man and,chased,them to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before the,gate until the,Shebarim and,struck_~_down,them in/on/at/with,descent and,melted hearts the,people and=he/it_was as,water )
A quarry is a place from which people take stones to use for building things. Normally, quarries are large pits that are deep. If your readers would not be familiar with this type of place, you could use a descriptive phrase. Alternate translation: “the pits where people had dug stones out of the ground” or “a place where people had dug stones out of the ground”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet
וַיִּמַּ֥ס לְבַב־הָעָ֖ם וַיְהִ֥י לְמָֽיִם
(Some words not found in UHB: and,killed from=them men_of the,Ai about,thirty and,six (a)_man and,chased,them to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before the,gate until the,Shebarim and,struck_~_down,them in/on/at/with,descent and,melted hearts the,people and=he/it_was as,water )
The expressions melted and became water mean similar things. The author is using them together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: “and in their hearts, the people became very afraid”
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וַיִּמַּ֥ס לְבַב־הָעָ֖ם
(Some words not found in UHB: and,killed from=them men_of the,Ai about,thirty and,six (a)_man and,chased,them to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before the,gate until the,Shebarim and,struck_~_down,them in/on/at/with,descent and,melted hearts the,people and=he/it_was as,water )
See how you translated the similar expressions in 2:11 and 5:1.
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וַיְהִ֥י לְמָֽיִם
and=he/it_was as,water
The author is speaking as if the hearts of the Israelite soldiers actually became water. This is another way of saying that the soldiers became afraid. Your language may have a similar expression that you can use in your translation. Alternate translation: “and they no longer had any solid courage”
7:5 Ai’s defenders left through the town gate and attacked Israel’s troops directly (see 8:5).
• as far as the quarries: An otherwise unknown place.
OET (OET-LV) And_killed from_them the_men the_ˊAy about_thirty and_six man and_chased_them to_(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before the_gate to the_Sheⱱaˊrim and_struck_down_them in/on/at/with_descent and_melted the_heart the_people and_he/it_was as_water.
OET (OET-RV) The men from Ay chased them from the city gate downhill to Shevarim and fought them on the slopes. About thirty-six of them were killed, and the Israelis became very afraid and lost all their courage.
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.