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People tagged in the matching LV passage: Abishai · Joab (SA1 26:6)
OET-LV And_ʼAⱱshay the_brother_of Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) he[fn] he_was the_chief_of the_three and_he he_wielded DOM spear_of_his on three hundred(s) slain and[fn] a_name among_three.
OET (OET-RV) Yoav’s (Joab’s) brother Avishay was the head of a group of three. He’d killed three hundred people with his spear and had a reputation among the three.[fn]
11:20 This seems unexpectedly similar to verse 11 and might possibly indicate some confusion in the early records.
(Occurrence 0) Abishai
(Some words not found in UHB: and,Abishai brother_of Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) he/it it_became head of,the_three and=he raised DOM spear_of,his on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in three hundreds killed and, name_of among,three )
See how you translated this man’s name in 1 Chronicles 2:16.
(Occurrence 0) captain over the Three
(Some words not found in UHB: and,Abishai brother_of Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) he/it it_became head of,the_three and=he raised DOM spear_of,his on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in three hundreds killed and, name_of among,three )
This means Abishai was the leader of the three men who went and got water for David.
Note 1 topic: translate-numbers
(Occurrence 0) three hundred
(Some words not found in UHB: and,Abishai brother_of Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) he/it it_became head of,the_three and=he raised DOM spear_of,his on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in three hundreds killed and, name_of among,three )
“300 men” or “300 warriors”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
(Occurrence 0) He is mentioned along with the Three
(Some words not found in UHB: and,Abishai brother_of Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) he/it it_became head of,the_three and=he raised DOM spear_of,his on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in three hundreds killed and, name_of among,three )
If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can state this in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [People often mentioned him when they spoke of the Three]
OET-LV And_ʼAⱱshay the_brother_of Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) he[fn] he_was the_chief_of the_three and_he he_wielded DOM spear_of_his on three hundred(s) slain and[fn] a_name among_three.
OET (OET-RV) Yoav’s (Joab’s) brother Avishay was the head of a group of three. He’d killed three hundred people with his spear and had a reputation among the three.[fn]
11:20 This seems unexpectedly similar to verse 11 and might possibly indicate some confusion in the early records.
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.
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