SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 2023 – Page 75

SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 16:6

16:6a So Delilah said to Samson, “Please tell me the source of your great strength

So Delilah said to Samson, “Tell me why you are so strong.
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Then Delilah said to Samson, “Tell me what makes you so strong.

16:6b and how you can be tied up and subdued.”

Is there a way that somebody could tie you up and make you helpless?”
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Tell me how somebody could tie you up so that you could not escape.”

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SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 17:7

17:7a And there was a young Levite from Bethlehem in Judah

A certain young man, a Levite from Bethlehem in Judah,
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There was a young man from the clan of Levi. He lived in the town of Bethlehem in the region of Judah.

17:7b who had been residing within the clan of Judah.

lived among the people of Judah.
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He lived among people of the Judah clan ⌊even though he was from the Levi clan⌋ .

SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 18:26

18:26a So the Danites went on their way,

Then the people of Dan continued on their journey
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They started walking again

18:26b and Micah turned to go back home

and he turned back and went home.
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so he stopped chasing them and returned home

18:26c because he saw that they were too strong for him

Micah decided that they were stronger than he was.
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because he realized that they had more men than he did.

SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 19:27

19:27a In the morning, when her master got up

Later that morning her master got up
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When her husband woke up that morning,

19:27b and opened the doors of the house to go out on his journey,

and opened the door and stepped out to leave the house.
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he opened the door to continue his journey.

19:27c there was his concubine, collapsed in the doorway of the house, with her hands on the threshold.

⌊Then he saw⌋ his slave wife collapsed in front of the door. Her hands were at the base of the door.
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There was his wife. She had fallen at the door of the house with her hands on the doorstep.

SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 20:29

20:29 So Israel set up an ambush around Gibeah.

So ⌊the soldiers of⌋ Israel prepared to ambush ⌊the people of⌋ Gibeah town.
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So the Israel army had some soldiers hide around the town of Gibeah. They waited to attack its people by surprise.

SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 21:13

21:13 Then the whole congregation sent a message of peace to the Benjamites who were at the rock of Rimmon.

Then the whole group sent a message of peace to the Benjamin men at the rock of Rimmon.
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Then those who had gathered sent ⌊messengers to make⌋ an offer of peace to the men of Benjamin who were ⌊still hiding⌋ at Rimmon/Pomegranate Rock.

SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 1:9

1:9a Afterward, the men of Judah marched down to fight against the Canaanites

Then the men of Judah fought the Canaanites
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Later, the soldiers of the clan of Judah went and fought the people of Canaan.

1:9b living in the hill country, in the Negev, and in the foothills.

who lived in the hill country, and in the Negev ⌊to the south⌋ , and in the low land to the west.
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They lived in the mountainous region, and in the southern desert, and in the low hills near the coast.

SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 2:5

2:5a So they called that place Bochim

So they called ⌊the name of⌋ that place Bokim.
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They named that place Bokim ⌊which means “people who cry⌋ .”

2:5b and offered sacrifices there to the LORD.

There they offered sacrifices to Yahweh.
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They sacrificed ⌊animals⌋ to Yahweh at that place.

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Source: SIL Translator’s Notes on Judges 2023