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OET (OET-LV) And_ Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) _tore clothes_of_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_of_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
(Some words not found in UHB: and,tore Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) clothes_of,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_of YHWH until the,evening he/it and,elders_of Yisrael and,put dust on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in heads_of,their )
Joshua tore his garments as a symbolic act to show his grief and distress. If there is a gesture with a similar meaning in your culture, you could use it here in your translation, or you could explain what this action means. Alternate translation: “And Joshua tore his garments to express his grief and distress”
Note 2 topic: translate-symaction
וַיִּפֹּל֩ עַל־פָּנָ֨יו אַ֜רְצָה
(Some words not found in UHB: and,tore Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) clothes_of,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_of YHWH until the,evening he/it and,elders_of Yisrael and,put dust on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in heads_of,their )
See how you translated the phrase fell on his face to the earth in 5:14. Alternate translation: “and knelt down and touched his face to the ground”
Note 3 topic: translate-symaction
וַיַּעֲל֥וּ עָפָ֖ר עַל־רֹאשָֽׁם
(Some words not found in UHB: and,tore Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) clothes_of,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_of YHWH until the,evening he/it and,elders_of Yisrael and,put dust on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in heads_of,their )
Joshua put dust on his head as a further symbolic act done to show grief. If there is a gesture with a similar meaning in your culture, you could use it here in your translation, or you could explain what this action means. Alternate translation: “And they made dust go up on their heads to show their grief”
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_ Yəhōshūˊa/(Joshua) _tore clothes_of_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_of_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.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.