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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_Shəⱱārīm 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-numbers
כִּשְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וְשִׁשָּׁה֙ אִ֔ישׁ
about,thirty and,six (a)_man
“36 men”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
וַיִּמַּ֥ס לְבַב־הָעָ֖ם וַיְהִ֥י לְמָֽיִם
and,melted hearts the,people and=he/it_was as,water
These phrases “melted” and “became like water” share similar meanings and are combined to emphasize that the people were extremely afraid.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
וַיִּמַּ֥ס לְבַב־הָעָ֖ם
and,melted hearts the,people
Here the people are represented by their “hearts” to emphasize their emotions. Alternate translation: “The people were very afraid”
לְבַב־הָעָ֖ם
hearts the,people
The phrase “the people” refers to the Israelite soldiers.
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_Shəⱱārīm 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.