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InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEU JOB JOS JDG RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG JOEL MIC ISA ZEP HAB JER LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBA DAN EZE EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL LAO GES LES ESG DNG 2 PS TOB JDT ESA WIS SIR BAR LJE PAZ SUS BEL MAN 1 MAC 2 MAC 3 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL 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
2 Sam C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24
2 Sam 10 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19
OET (OET-LV) And_ Yōʼāⱱ _he/it_saw if/because_that it_was to_him/it the_face_of the_battle from_before and_from_behind and_he_chose from_all the_chosen_men_of in/on/at/with[fn] and_he_deployed to_meet ʼArām.
10:9 OSHB variant note: ב/ישראל: (x-qere) ’יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל’: lemma_3478 n_0.1 morph_HNp id_10KEX יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
OET (OET-RV) When Yoav saw that he was disadvantaged with enemy lines both in front and behind, he selected certain Israeli warriors and placed them to battle the Aramean mercenaries,
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
הָיְתָ֤ה אֵלָיו֙ פְּנֵ֣י הַמִּלְחָמָ֔ה מִפָּנִ֖ים וּמֵֽאָח֑וֹר
she/it_was to=him/it (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_saw Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) that/for/because/then/when she/it_was to=him/it face/surface_of of,the_battle from,before and,from,behind and,he_chose from=all picked_of in/on/at/with, and,he_deployed to,meet ʼArām )
Here, the faces of the battle represents the battle lines that the enemy armies had drawn up in order to fight the Israelites. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation. You could also use plain language. Alternate translation: [there were battle fronts ahead of him and behind him]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj
בְּחוּרֵ֣י
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_saw Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) that/for/because/then/when she/it_was to=him/it face/surface_of of,the_battle from,before and,from,behind and,he_chose from=all picked_of in/on/at/with, and,he_deployed to,meet ʼArām )
The author is using the adjective chosen as a noun to mean a certain kind of person. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this adjective with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [the chosen troops]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
בְּחוּרֵ֣י
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_saw Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) that/for/because/then/when she/it_was to=him/it face/surface_of of,the_battle from,before and,from,behind and,he_chose from=all picked_of in/on/at/with, and,he_deployed to,meet ʼArām )
The expression chosen is a passive verbal form. If your language would not use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [the select troops] or [the elite troops]
OET (OET-LV) And_ Yōʼāⱱ _he/it_saw if/because_that it_was to_him/it the_face_of the_battle from_before and_from_behind and_he_chose from_all the_chosen_men_of in/on/at/with[fn] and_he_deployed to_meet ʼArām.
10:9 OSHB variant note: ב/ישראל: (x-qere) ’יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל’: lemma_3478 n_0.1 morph_HNp id_10KEX יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
OET (OET-RV) When Yoav saw that he was disadvantaged with enemy lines both in front and behind, he selected certain Israeli warriors and placed them to battle the Aramean mercenaries,
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.