OET interlinear NEH 11:31

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-contrast

וּ⁠בְנֵ֥י

and=the_sons

This phrase indicates that a different group will now be in focus, the people of the tribe of Benjamin. If it would be helpful in your language, you could indicate this contrast with an expression such as “for their part.”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וּ⁠בְנֵ֥י בִנְיָמִ֖ן

and=the_sons Binyāmīn

Sons here means “descendants.” Alternate translation: “the people of the tribe of Benjamin”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

מִ⁠גָּ֑בַע

from,Geba

Here the list is leaving out some of the words that a sentence would ordinarily need in order to be complete. The meaning is that the people of the tribe of Benjamin lived in different towns, beginning with Geba and including the rest of the towns that the list names afterwards. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could say this explicitly. Alternate translation: “lived in other towns, including Geba”

Note 4 topic: translate-names

מִ⁠גָּ֑בַע מִכְמָ֣שׂ וְ⁠עַיָּ֔ה וּ⁠בֵֽית־אֵ֖ל

from,Geba Mikmāş and,Aija and,Beth- -el

These are the names of four towns.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וּ⁠בֵֽית־אֵ֖ל וּ⁠בְנֹתֶֽי⁠הָ

and,Beth- -el and,villages_of,its

As in 11:25 (and also in verses 27, 28, 30, and 31), daughters is a figurative way of speaking of the small communities that grow up around a town. Review the note to 11:25 if that would be helpful. Alternate translation: “Bethel and its villages”