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InterlinearVerse 1 Chr C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29
1 Chr 10 V1 V2 V3 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14
OET-LV And_ Shāʼūl _he/it_said to the_bearer_of his_armour(s)_of_his draw sword_of_your and_pierce_me_through with_it lest the_uncircumcised_men the_these they_should_come and_they_will_deal_wantonly with_me and_not the_bearer_of his_armour(s)_of_his he_was_willing if/because he_was_afraid exceedingly and_ Shāʼūl _he/it_took DOM the_drought//sword/knife and_he_fell on_it.
OET (OET-RV) Then Sha’ul said to his equipment carrier, “Draw your sword and pierce me with it, so those uncircumcised Pelishtim can’t come here and torture me.” But his equipment carrier was very scared and wasn’t willing to do it, so Sha’ul took his sword and fell onto it.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
(Occurrence 0) thrust me through with it
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Shāʼūl/(Saul) to/towards lifting/taking his_armor(s)_of,his draw sword_of,your and,pierce,me_through with,it lest they_went the_uncircumcised,[men] the=these and,they_will_deal_wantonly with,me and=not would lifting/taking his_armor(s)_of,his that/for/because/then/when fearing very and=he/it_took Shāʼūl/(Saul) DOM the=drought//sword/knife and,he_fell on,it )
The action of stabbing is a metonym for the result, death. Alternate translation: [kill me with it]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj
(Occurrence 0) these uncircumcised will come
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Shāʼūl/(Saul) to/towards lifting/taking his_armor(s)_of,his draw sword_of,your and,pierce,me_through with,it lest they_went the_uncircumcised,[men] the=these and,they_will_deal_wantonly with,me and=not would lifting/taking his_armor(s)_of,his that/for/because/then/when fearing very and=he/it_took Shāʼūl/(Saul) DOM the=drought//sword/knife and,he_fell on,it )
The nominal adjective “uncircumcised” can be stated as an adjective. Alternate translation: [these people who are uncircumcised will come] or [these uncircumcised people will come]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
(Occurrence 0) these uncircumcised
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Shāʼūl/(Saul) to/towards lifting/taking his_armor(s)_of,his draw sword_of,your and,pierce,me_through with,it lest they_went the_uncircumcised,[men] the=these and,they_will_deal_wantonly with,me and=not would lifting/taking his_armor(s)_of,his that/for/because/then/when fearing very and=he/it_took Shāʼūl/(Saul) DOM the=drought//sword/knife and,he_fell on,it )
Here “uncircumcised” represents people who do not belong to Yahweh. Alternate translation: [these people who do not belong to Yahweh] or [these heathen Philistines]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
(Occurrence 0) fell on it
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Shāʼūl/(Saul) to/towards lifting/taking his_armor(s)_of,his draw sword_of,your and,pierce,me_through with,it lest they_went the_uncircumcised,[men] the=these and,they_will_deal_wantonly with,me and=not would lifting/taking his_armor(s)_of,his that/for/because/then/when fearing very and=he/it_took Shāʼūl/(Saul) DOM the=drought//sword/knife and,he_fell on,it )
Saul probably stuck the handle into the ground and leaned on the point so the sword would go through his body as he fell down. The action is a metonym for the result, death. Alternate translation: [killed himself with it]
OET-LV And_ Shāʼūl _he/it_said to the_bearer_of his_armour(s)_of_his draw sword_of_your and_pierce_me_through with_it lest the_uncircumcised_men the_these they_should_come and_they_will_deal_wantonly with_me and_not the_bearer_of his_armour(s)_of_his he_was_willing if/because he_was_afraid exceedingly and_ Shāʼūl _he/it_took DOM the_drought//sword/knife and_he_fell on_it.
OET (OET-RV) Then Sha’ul said to his equipment carrier, “Draw your sword and pierce me with it, so those uncircumcised Pelishtim can’t come here and torture me.” But his equipment carrier was very scared and wasn’t willing to do it, so Sha’ul took his sword and fell onto it.
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.