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OET (OET-LV) And_ Mōʼāⱱ _he/it_said to the_elders_of Midyān now they_will_lick_up the_company DOM all_of around_of_us as_licks_up the_ox DOM the_greenery_of the_field and_Bālāq the_son_of Tsipōr/(Zippor) was_king of_Mōʼāⱱ at_time the_that.
OET (OET-RV) and they told the elders at Midyan, “Now all that lot will devour everything that’s around us, just like a cow completely cleans out a green field.”
¶
Now Tsipor’s son Balak was Moav’s king at that time,
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר מוֹאָ֜ב אֶל־זִקְנֵ֣י מִדְיָ֗ן
and=he/it_said Mōʼāⱱ to/towards elders_of Midyān
The author is using Moab to represent the king and leaders of Moab. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your culture or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [And the leaders of Moab said to the elders of Midian]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole
יְלַחֲכ֤וּ & כָּל־סְבִ֣יבֹתֵ֔ינוּ
lick_up & all/each/any/every around_of,us
Moab is using will lick up all around us as an extreme statement for emphasis. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different way to express the emphasis. Alternate translation: [will consume everything around us]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / simile
כִּלְחֹ֣ךְ הַשּׁ֔וֹר יֶ֣רֶק הַשָּׂדֶ֑ה
as,licks_up the,ox (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Mōʼāⱱ to/towards elders_of Midyān now lick_up the,company DOM all/each/any/every around_of,us as,licks_up the,ox DOM greenery the=field and,Balak son_of Tsipōr/(Zippor) king of,Moab at,time the=that )
The point of this comparison is that just as the ox licks up the greenery of the field, consuming it entirely, so the assembly of Israel will consume everything around Moab. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [leaving nothing, just as an ox eats up all the greenery of a field]
Note 4 topic: writing-background
וּבָלָ֧ק בֶּן־צִפּ֛וֹר מֶ֥לֶךְ לְמוֹאָ֖ב בָּעֵ֥ת הַהִֽוא
and,Balak son_of Tsipōr/(Zippor) king of,Moab at,time the=that
Here the author is providing background information to help readers understand what happens next in the story. In your translation, introduce this information in a way that would be natural in your own language and culture.
OET (OET-LV) And_ Mōʼāⱱ _he/it_said to the_elders_of Midyān now they_will_lick_up the_company DOM all_of around_of_us as_licks_up the_ox DOM the_greenery_of the_field and_Bālāq the_son_of Tsipōr/(Zippor) was_king of_Mōʼāⱱ at_time the_that.
OET (OET-RV) and they told the elders at Midyan, “Now all that lot will devour everything that’s around us, just like a cow completely cleans out a green field.”
¶
Now Tsipor’s son Balak was Moav’s king at that time,
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.