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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said to_them Nāḩāsh the_ˊAmmōnī in/on/at/with_this I_will_make to/for_you_all in/on/at/with_gouge_out to/for_you_all every_of eye_of the_right_side and_bring_it a_reproach on all_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel).
OET (OET-RV) “Yes, I’ll make an treaty with you,” Nahash replied, “by gouging out all of your right eyes in order to shame all Israel.”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
אֶכְרֹ֣ת לָכֶ֔ם
make_a_treaty to/for=you_all
Nahash is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [I will cut a covenant for you]
Note 2 topic: translate-symaction
בִּנְק֥וֹר לָכֶ֖ם כָּל־עֵ֣ין יָמִ֑ין
in/on/at/with,gouge_out to/for=you_all all/each/any/every eye_of right
Gouging out the right eye was, for one thing, a military measure that would make the men of Jabesh Gilead less effective warriors, since they would have difficulty seeing to aim weapons. However, as Nahash himself explains, it would also be a symbolic action that would show other nations that the Israelites had not been able to defend their own people. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action. Alternate translation: [in the disgraceful and disabling gouging of every right eye of you]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
וְשַׂמְתִּ֥יהָ חֶרְפָּ֖ה עַל־כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
and,bring,it disgrace on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in all/each/any/every Yisrael
Nahash assumes that the elders of Jabesh Gilead will understand that by gouging out the eyes of the people of one Israelite city, Nahash would humiliate the entire nation. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [And this will show all other nations how powerless the Israelites are]
11:2 gouge out the right eye: Mutilation of captured soldiers was a common practice in the ancient Near East. These disfigured soldiers would have lost all depth perception, seriously curtailing their potential for fighting in a revolt.
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said to_them Nāḩāsh the_ˊAmmōnī in/on/at/with_this I_will_make to/for_you_all in/on/at/with_gouge_out to/for_you_all every_of eye_of the_right_side and_bring_it a_reproach on all_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel).
OET (OET-RV) “Yes, I’ll make an treaty with you,” Nahash replied, “by gouging out all of your right eyes in order to shame all Israel.”
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.