5:11 Hear 4 the sound of those who divide the sheep 5 among the watering places;
there they tell of 6 the Lord’s victorious deeds,
the victorious deeds of his warriors 7 in Israel.
Then the Lord’s people went down to the city gates –
1 tn Heb “From days to days,” a Hebrew idiom for “annually.”
2 tn Heb “go to commemorate.” The rare Hebrew verb תָּנָה (tanah, “to tell; to repeat; to recount”) occurs only here and in 5:11.
3 tn The Hebrew text adds, “in the year.” This is redundant (note “every year” at the beginning of the verse) and has not been included in the translation for stylistic reasons.
4 tn The word “Hear” is supplied in the translation for clarification and for stylistic reasons.
5 tn The meaning of the Hebrew word is uncertain. Some translate “those who distribute the water” (HALOT 344 s.v. חצץ pi). For other options see B. Lindars, Judges 1-5, 246-47.
6 tn Or perhaps “repeat.”
7 tn See the note on the term “warriors” in v. 7.