OET interlinear HERO (JDG) 16:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-textvariants

לַֽ⁠עַזָּתִ֣ים ׀ לֵ⁠אמֹ֗ר

(Some words not found in UHB: to,Gazites to=say he/it_came Shimshvōn/(Samson) they(f) and,they_surrounded and,they_lay_in_wait to=him/it all the=night at,the_gate_of the=city and,they_were_silent all the=night to=say until light of,the_morning and,we,will_kill_him )

Ancient translations of the book of Judges all have the words And it was told. The text does not make sense without them. So it appears that these words dropped out of the Hebrew text during the process of copying and transmission. Modern versions of the Bible include them or the equivalent, and we recommend that you do the same in your translation. If your language does not use passive verbal forms, you could express this idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [And the Gazites learned]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וַ⁠יָּסֹ֛בּוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: to,Gazites to=say he/it_came Shimshvōn/(Samson) they(f) and,they_surrounded and,they_lay_in_wait to=him/it all the=night at,the_gate_of the=city and,they_were_silent all the=night to=say until light of,the_morning and,we,will_kill_him )

The author is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [So they encircled the house that Samson was in]