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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said the_messenger to Dāvid if/because they_prevailed over_us the_men and_they_went_out against_us the_field and_we_were on_them to the_entrance_of the_gate.
OET (OET-RV) saying, “Their men gained ground and came out against us in the countryside, but we forced them back to their city gate.
Note 1 topic: writing-quotations
וַיֹּ֤אמֶר הַמַּלְאָךְ֙ אֶל־דָּוִ֔ד כִּֽי & הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said the,messenger to/towards Dāvid that/for/because/then/when gained_an_advantage over,us the,men and=they_went_out against,us the=field and,we_were on,them until entrance_of of,the_gate )
The author is using the term that to introduce a direct quotation from the messenger. This is a shorter version of the usual introductory phrase. More typically he would write, “And the messenger spoke to David, saying.” This shorter form suggests the haste with which the messenger gave this report, fearing that David would become angry. Your language may have a way of introducing quotations that would similarly suggest this. Some languages may not need to use any introductory term. Alternate translation: [And the messenger told David, “The men]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
גָבְר֤וּ עָלֵ֨ינוּ֙ הָֽאֲנָשִׁ֔ים
gained_an_advantage over,us (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said the,messenger to/towards Dāvid that/for/because/then/when gained_an_advantage over,us the,men and=they_went_out against,us the=field and,we_were on,them until entrance_of of,the_gate )
The messenger is using the men became strong against us as a common expression of his culture to mean that the Ammonites organized a force to attack the Israelites. If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the men organized a force against us]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וַנִּהְיֶ֥ה עֲלֵיהֶ֖ם
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said the,messenger to/towards Dāvid that/for/because/then/when gained_an_advantage over,us the,men and=they_went_out against,us the=field and,we_were on,them until entrance_of of,the_gate )
The messenger is using we were against them as a common expression of his culture to mean that the Israelite soldiers repulsed this attack. If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [but we drove them back]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
עַד־פֶּ֥תַח הַשָּֽׁעַר
until (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said the,messenger to/towards Dāvid that/for/because/then/when gained_an_advantage over,us the,men and=they_went_out against,us the=field and,we_were on,them until entrance_of of,the_gate )
See how you translated the similar expression in [10:8](../10/08.md). Alternate translation: [to in front of the city wall]
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said the_messenger to Dāvid if/because they_prevailed over_us the_men and_they_went_out against_us the_field and_we_were on_them to the_entrance_of the_gate.
OET (OET-RV) saying, “Their men gained ground and came out against us in the countryside, but we forced them back to their city gate.
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.