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OET-LV No OET-LV NEH 4:20 verse available
OET (OET-RV) so whenever you all hear the trumpet blast, join us at that place. Our God will fight for us.”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
אֶת־ק֣וֹל הַשּׁוֹפָ֔ר
(ʼet-qōl hashshōfār)
The implication is that the workers and guards would need to gather together to fight off an attack. The implication is also that while the people were widely scattered, they would all be able to hear the ram’s horn even from a distance, and so it would be an effective signal. If it would be helpful in your language, you could say these things explicitly. Alternate translation: “So if we all need to gather in one place to fight off an attack, I will have someone blow a ram’s horn there. You will be able to hear this signal from anywhere along the wall.”
Note 2 topic: translate-unknown
הַשּׁוֹפָ֔ר
(hashshōfār)
See how you translated this in 4:18. Review the explanation there if that would be helpful.
אֱלֹהֵ֖ינוּ יִלָּ֥חֶם לָֽנוּ
(ʼₑlohēynū yillāḩem lānū)
This does not mean that God will fight instead of the Jews, but that God will take their side and help them win. Alternate translation: “God will help us defeat our enemies”
4:20 our God will fight for us! Drawing on Israel’s ancient holy war tradition (Exod 14:14; Deut 1:30; 20:4; Josh 10:14; 23:10), Nehemiah encouraged the people that victory was certain if they trusted in the Lord.
OET-LV No OET-LV NEH 4:20 verse available
OET (OET-RV) so whenever you all hear the trumpet blast, join us at that place. Our God will fight for us.”
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.