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OET (OET-LV) And_ ʼAḩʼāⱱ _he/it_said by_whom and_he/it_said thus YHWH he_says by_the_young_men_of the_officials_of the_provinces and_he/it_said who will_he_begin the_battle and_he/it_said you.
OET (OET-RV) “Who will enable the victory?” Ahav asked.
¶ “Yahweh says it’ll be the young men under the provincial commanders,” he answered.
¶ “Who should lead the attack?” he asked.
¶ “You should,” the prophet replied.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
בְּמִ֔י & בְּנַעֲרֵ֖י שָׂרֵ֣י הַמְּדִינ֑וֹת
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said ʼAḩʼāⱱ by,whom? and=he/it_said thus he/it_had_said YHWH by,the_young_men_of commanders_of of,the_provinces and=he/it_said who? begin the,battle and=he/it_said you(ms) )
Ahab and the prophet are leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [By whom will Yahweh give this multitude into my hand … I will give it into your hand by the servants of the leaders of the districts]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
כֹּֽה־אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה בְּנַעֲרֵ֖י שָׂרֵ֣י הַמְּדִינ֑וֹת
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said ʼAḩʼāⱱ by,whom? and=he/it_said thus he/it_had_said YHWH by,the_young_men_of commanders_of of,the_provinces and=he/it_said who? begin the,battle and=he/it_said you(ms) )
If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [Yahweh says that he will do that by the servants of the leaders of the districts]
Note 3 topic: translate-symaction
בְּנַעֲרֵ֖י שָׂרֵ֣י הַמְּדִינ֑וֹת
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said ʼAḩʼāⱱ by,whom? and=he/it_said thus he/it_had_said YHWH by,the_young_men_of commanders_of of,the_provinces and=he/it_said who? begin the,battle and=he/it_said you(ms) )
Having the servants of the leaders of the districts lead the attack was a symbolic action that showed that Yahweh would win this battle for the Israelites, since these were the youngest and least experienced soldiers. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action in the text of your translation or in a footnote. Alternate translation: [By the young, inexperienced servants of the district leaders, so that it will be clear that I am winning this battle for you]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
מִֽי־יֶאְסֹ֥ר הַמִּלְחָמָ֖ה
who? begin (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said ʼAḩʼāⱱ by,whom? and=he/it_said thus he/it_had_said YHWH by,the_young_men_of commanders_of of,the_provinces and=he/it_said who? begin the,battle and=he/it_said you(ms) )
Ahab is using Who will bind the battle as a common expression of his culture to mean “Who will begin the battle” or “Who will start the attack.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Who will begin the engagement] or [Who will attack first]
OET (OET-LV) And_ ʼAḩʼāⱱ _he/it_said by_whom and_he/it_said thus YHWH he_says by_the_young_men_of the_officials_of the_provinces and_he/it_said who will_he_begin the_battle and_he/it_said you.
OET (OET-RV) “Who will enable the victory?” Ahav asked.
¶ “Yahweh says it’ll be the young men under the provincial commanders,” he answered.
¶ “Who should lead the attack?” he asked.
¶ “You should,” the prophet replied.
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.