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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said the_king who in/on/at/with_court and_Haman he_had_come to_court of_the_house the_king the_outer to_say to/for_the_king about_hang DOM Mārəddəkay on the_tree which he_had_prepared to_him/it.
OET (OET-RV) At that moment, Haman had entered the outer courtyard of the king’s house. He had come to tell the king that he wanted to execute Mordekai on the pole that he’d had set up for him.
¶ “Who’s out in the courtyard?” the king asked.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
מִ֣י בֶחָצֵ֑ר
who? in/on/at/with,court
This could mean either: (1) The king knows that there is someone in the courtyard, maybe because he heard someone walking there; he wants to know who it is. (2) Since there are always people around the palace, the king assumes that there must be someone out in the courtyard. In either case, the king wants to know if there is someone there with whom he could consult about the best way to honor Mordecai. As the story has already said in 1:13, it was the king’s habit to consult his advisors on important questions. If it would be helpful in your language, you could say this explicitly. Alternate translation: “the king wanted to consult someone about the best way to honor Mordecai, so he asked, ‘who is in the courtyard’”
מִ֣י בֶחָצֵ֑ר
who? in/on/at/with,court
In order to present the events in logical and chronological order, you can put the king’s question last in the verse if that would be more natural in your language. Haman had already come in the courtyard by the time the king asked this question.
Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-time-background
וְהָמָ֣ן בָּ֗א לַחֲצַ֤ר בֵּית־הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ הַחִ֣יצוֹנָ֔ה לֵאמֹ֣ר לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ לִתְלוֹת֙ אֶֽת־מָרְדֳּכַ֔י עַל־הָעֵ֖ץ אֲשֶׁר־הֵכִ֥ין לֽוֹ
and,Haman he/it_came to,court house_of the=king the,outer to=say to/for=the_king about,hang DOM Mārəddəkay on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the=tree which/who prepared to=him/it
This sentence indicates that Haman had already entered the outer court when King Ahasuerus asked his question. You could indicate this with a phrase such as “at that moment” or “just then” or “while they were talking”
לַחֲצַ֤ר בֵּית־הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ הַחִ֣יצוֹנָ֔ה
to,court house_of the=king the,outer
This phrase is describing the first courtyard a person would come to after entering the palace from the outside. Alternate translation: “the outer courtyard of the palace”
לֵאמֹ֣ר לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ לִתְלוֹת֙ אֶֽת־מָרְדֳּכַ֔י
to=say to/for=the_king about,hang DOM Mārəddəkay
Alternate translation: “to tell the king that he wanted to hang Mordecai” or “to tell the king that he wanted to impale Mordecai”
הָעֵ֖ץ אֲשֶׁר־הֵכִ֥ין לֽוֹ
the=tree which/who prepared to=him/it
Alternate translation: “on the pole that he had set up” or “on the gallows that he had set up for Mordecai”
Note 3 topic: translate-unknown
הָעֵ֖ץ
the=tree
See how you translated this in 2:23. Review the note there if that would be helpful. Be sure your translation is consistent in the chapters that follow.
6:4-6 Just as the king was pondering what to do to honor Mordecai, Haman arrived to seek Mordecai’s death. With great irony, the narrator recounts the king’s consulting with him about how to reward Mordecai.
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_said the_king who in/on/at/with_court and_Haman he_had_come to_court of_the_house the_king the_outer to_say to/for_the_king about_hang DOM Mārəddəkay on the_tree which he_had_prepared to_him/it.
OET (OET-RV) At that moment, Haman had entered the outer courtyard of the king’s house. He had come to tell the king that he wanted to execute Mordekai on the pole that he’d had set up for him.
¶ “Who’s out in the courtyard?” the king asked.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Greek words that they’re translated from.