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OET (OET-LV) And_gathered the_Miʦpāh_at and_drew water and_poured_out to_(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH and_fasted in_the_day (the)_that and_they_said there we_have_sinned to/for_YHWH and_ Shəmūʼēl _judged DOM the_people_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) in/on/at/with_Miʦpāh.
OET (OET-RV) So they gathered at Mitspah, and drew water and poured it out in front of Yahweh, and they fasted on that day and said there, “We have sinned against Yahweh.” And Shemuel guided the Israelis at Mitspah.
Note 1 topic: translate-symaction
וַיִּֽשְׁאֲבוּ־מַ֜יִם וַֽיִּשְׁפְּכ֣וּ ׀ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֗ה
and,drew waters and,poured_~_out to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH
See the discussion in the Introduction to this chapter of the possible significance of this action.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֗ה
to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH
See how you translated the similar expression in [1:12](../01/12.md). Alternate translation: [in the presence of Yahweh]
Note 3 topic: translate-symaction
וַיָּצ֨וּמוּ֙
and,fasted
This was a symbolic action that showed the Israelites were humble and repentant before Yahweh. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action. Alternate translation: [And they showed their sorrow for their sins by not eating any food that day]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations
וַיֹּ֣אמְרוּ שָׁ֔ם חָטָ֖אנוּ לַיהוָ֑ה
and=they_said there sinned to/for=YHWH
It may be more natural in your language to have an indirect quotation here. Alternate translation: [and they confessed there that they had sinned against Yahweh]
7:6 drew water . . . poured it out: This type of ceremony is not mentioned elsewhere in the Old Testament.
• At times Israelites went without food to express grief or to seek the Lord’s favor (2 Sam 1:12; 12:22-23; 1 Kgs 21:27; Ezra 8:21-23; Neh 9:1; Esth 4:3, 16; Joel 2:12; cp. Luke 2:37; Acts 13:2-3; 14:23).
• To have Samuel as Israel’s judge was refreshing compared to Eli’s failed leadership (see 1 Sam 4:18 and corresponding study note) and the leadership of some other judges (e.g., Gideon, Judg 8:22-27; Jephthah, Judg 11:30–12:7; and Samson, Judg 13:1–16:21).
OET (OET-LV) And_gathered the_Miʦpāh_at and_drew water and_poured_out to_(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH and_fasted in_the_day (the)_that and_they_said there we_have_sinned to/for_YHWH and_ Shəmūʼēl _judged DOM the_people_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) in/on/at/with_Miʦpāh.
OET (OET-RV) So they gathered at Mitspah, and drew water and poured it out in front of Yahweh, and they fasted on that day and said there, “We have sinned against Yahweh.” And Shemuel guided the Israelis at Mitspah.
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.