OET interlinear 1 KI 11:36

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

נִ֣יר

lamp

Yahweh is using the image of a lamp to mean a continuing presence, just as the lamp that was kept burning in the sanctuary represented Yahweh’s continuing presence there. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [a continuing presence in the person of a successor]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

כָּֽל־הַ⁠יָּמִ֤ים

(Some words not found in UHB: and,to,son_of,his give tribe one(ms) so_that to_be lamp to,David servant_of,my all/each/any/every the=days to/for=my=face/front in,Jerusalem the=city which/who chosen to=me to,put name_of,my there )

Yahweh is using the term days to refer to time in general. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [all of the time] or [always]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לְ⁠פָנַ⁠י֙

to/for=my=face/front

Here, Yahweh’s face represents his presence. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [in my presence]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לָ⁠שׂ֥וּם שְׁמִ֖⁠י שָֽׁם

to,put (Some words not found in UHB: and,to,son_of,his give tribe one(ms) so_that to_be lamp to,David servant_of,my all/each/any/every the=days to/for=my=face/front in,Jerusalem the=city which/who chosen to=me to,put name_of,my there )

See how you translated the same expression in [9:3](../09/03.md). Alternate translation: [as a place where people will worship me] or [to be a place where my reputation will be made known]