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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_passed_through Yəhōrām to_Zair and_all the_chariotry with_him/it and_he/it_was he he_arose night and_he_defeated DOM ʼEdōm which_was_surrounding to_him/it and_DOM the_commanders_of the_chariotry and_it_fled the_people to_tents_of_its.
OET (OET-RV) So Yehoram took his army and chariots and crossed the valley towards Zair in Edom. They attacked at night, but as the Edomite army and chariots started to surround them, they had to retreat back to their tents.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure
וַֽיְהִי־ה֞וּא קָ֣ם לַ֗יְלָה וַיַּכֶּ֨ה אֶת־אֱד֜וֹם הַסֹּבֵ֤יב אֵלָיו֙ וְאֵת֙ שָׂרֵ֣י הָרֶ֔כֶב
and=he/it_was he/it arose night (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_passed_through Yəhōrām/(Joram) to,Zair and=all the,chariotry with=him/it and=he/it_was he/it arose night and,he_defeated DOM ʼEdōmites [which,was]_surrounding to=him/it and=DOM commanders_of of,the_chariotry and,it_fled the,people to,tents_of,its )
If it would be more natural in your language, you may want to put the information that the Edomites had surrounded the king before the information that he struck them at night. You may also want to put the information about the commanders of the chariotry with the information that the king struck the Edomites. Alternate translation: [And the Edomites surrounded him, but it happened that he, he arose at night, and he and the commanders of the chariotry struck Edom]
Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns
ה֞וּא קָ֣ם
he/it arose
The author is stating the pronoun he separately, even though the verb translated as he arose already includes this meaning. He is doing that in order to emphasize a contrast between what the king did (he struck Edom) and what the people did (they fled). See how you translated the expression “he, he came” in [5:25](../05/25.md), which similarly emphasizes a contrast. Alternate translation: [for his part, he arose]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
קָ֣ם
arose
See how you translated the similar expression in [3:24](../03/24.md). Alternate translation: [he took action]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וַיַּכֶּ֨ה
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_passed_through Yəhōrām/(Joram) to,Zair and=all the,chariotry with=him/it and=he/it_was he/it arose night and,he_defeated DOM ʼEdōmites [which,was]_surrounding to=him/it and=DOM commanders_of of,the_chariotry and,it_fled the,people to,tents_of,its )
See how you translated the similar expression in [3:24](../03/24.md). Alternate translation: [and he attacked]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
אֶת־אֱד֜וֹם
DOM ʼEdōmites
See how you translated the similar expression in [3:6](../03/06.md). Alternate translation: [the Edomite army]
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וַיָּ֥נָס הָעָ֖ם לְאֹהָלָֽיו
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_passed_through Yəhōrām/(Joram) to,Zair and=all the,chariotry with=him/it and=he/it_was he/it arose night and,he_defeated DOM ʼEdōmites [which,was]_surrounding to=him/it and=DOM commanders_of of,the_chariotry and,it_fled the,people to,tents_of,its )
In this context, the term people refers to the soldiers in the Judean army. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [but the soldiers fled to their tents]
Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וַיָּ֥נָס הָעָ֖ם לְאֹהָלָֽיו
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_passed_through Yəhōrām/(Joram) to,Zair and=all the,chariotry with=him/it and=he/it_was he/it arose night and,he_defeated DOM ʼEdōmites [which,was]_surrounding to=him/it and=DOM commanders_of of,the_chariotry and,it_fled the,people to,tents_of,its )
The author is using the people fled to its tents as a common expression of his culture to mean that the soldiers stopped their military campaign altogether and each of them went back to his home and family. 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. If you have already translated the book of 2 Samuel, see how you translated the similar expression in [2 Samuel 18:17](../2sa/18/17.md). Alternate translation: [but the rest of the soldiers abandoned the army and returned home]
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_passed_through Yəhōrām to_Zair and_all the_chariotry with_him/it and_he/it_was he he_arose night and_he_defeated DOM ʼEdōm which_was_surrounding to_him/it and_DOM the_commanders_of the_chariotry and_it_fled the_people to_tents_of_its.
OET (OET-RV) So Yehoram took his army and chariots and crossed the valley towards Zair in Edom. They attacked at night, but as the Edomite army and chariots started to surround them, they had to retreat back to their tents.
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.