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OET (OET-LV) And_tore Yəhōshūˊa clothes_his and_fell on his/its_faces/face towards_land to_(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before the_ark of_YHWH until the_evening he and_elders of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) and_put dust on heads_their.
OET (OET-RV) Yehoshua and the Israeli elders tore their clothes in grief and fell to their knees in front of Yahweh’s box until evening, throwing dust onto their heads in despair.
Note 1 topic: translate-symaction
וַיִּקְרַ֨ע יְהוֹשֻׁ֜עַ שִׂמְלֹתָ֗יו וַיִּפֹּל֩ עַל־פָּנָ֨יו אַ֜רְצָה לִפְנֵ֨י אֲר֤וֹן יְהוָה֙
and,tore Yəhōshūˊa clothes,his and,fell on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in his/its=faces/face towards=land to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before ark YHWH
They did these things to show God how sad and distressed they were.
7:6 Israel’s leaders tore their clothing and threw dust on their heads, common public gestures of grief or despair in the ancient Near East. By falling face down before the Ark of the Lord, Joshua belatedly acknowledged that Israel needed God’s direction in the battle against Ai.
OET (OET-LV) And_tore Yəhōshūˊa clothes_his and_fell on his/its_faces/face towards_land to_(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before the_ark of_YHWH until the_evening he and_elders of_Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) and_put dust on heads_their.
OET (OET-RV) Yehoshua and the Israeli elders tore their clothes in grief and fell to their knees in front of Yahweh’s box until evening, throwing dust onto their heads in despair.
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.