InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse Num C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31 C32 C33 C34 C35 C36
Num 23 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30
Places tagged in the matching LV passage: Pisgah
OET-LV And_he_took_him the_field_of watchmen to the_top_of (the)_Pişgāh and_he/it_built seven altars and_he/it_ascended a_young_bull and_a_ram on_altar.
OET (OET-RV) So he took Bil’am to a field at the top of Mt. Pisgah, and he built seven altars and offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
וַיִּקָּחֵ֨הוּ֙
and,he,took_him
The pronoun he refers to Balak, and the pronoun him refers to Balaam. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [And Balak took Balaam]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
רֹ֖אשׁ הַפִּסְגָּ֑ה
head (Some words not found in UHB: and,he,took_him field_of zophim to/towards head of_(the),Pisgah and=he/it_built seven altars and=he/it_ascended bull and,a_ram on,altar )
The author is speaking of the top of the Pisgah as if it were a living thing that could have a head. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [to the top of the Pisgah]
Note 3 topic: translate-names
שְׂדֵ֣ה צֹפִ֔ים
field_of zophim
The word translated as Zophim could be: (1) a proper name. Alternate translation: [to Zophim field] (2) the word for “watchmen.” In this case, the field was used for guarding or watching something. Alternate translation: [to the field of watchmen] or [to Watchmen Field]
OET-LV And_he_took_him the_field_of watchmen to the_top_of (the)_Pişgāh and_he/it_built seven altars and_he/it_ascended a_young_bull and_a_ram on_altar.
OET (OET-RV) So he took Bil’am to a field at the top of Mt. Pisgah, and he built seven altars and offered up a bull and a ram on each altar.
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.