OET interlinear 1 KI 12:11

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

וְ⁠עַתָּ֗ה

(Some words not found in UHB: and=now father_of,my laid on,you(pl) yoke heavy and,I add on/upon yoke_of,your(pl) father_of,my disciplined ,you(pl) with,whips and,I discipline ,you(pl) with,scorpions )

See how you translated the similar expression in 1:12.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אָבִ⁠י֙ הֶעְמִ֤יס עֲלֵי⁠כֶם֙ עֹ֣ל כָּבֵ֔ד וַ⁠אֲנִ֖י אוֹסִ֣יף עַֽל־עֻלְּ⁠כֶ֑ם

father_of,my laid on,you(pl) yoke (Some words not found in UHB: and=now father_of,my laid on,you(pl) yoke heavy and,I add on/upon yoke_of,your(pl) father_of,my disciplined ,you(pl) with,whips and,I discipline ,you(pl) with,scorpions )

See how you translated the similar expression in 12:4. Alternate translation: [my father made you work hard, but I, I will make you work even harder]

Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns

וַ⁠אֲנִ֖י אוֹסִ֣יף עַֽל־עֻלְּ⁠כֶ֑ם & וַ⁠אֲנִ֕י אֲיַסֵּ֥ר אֶתְ⁠כֶ֖ם בָּ⁠עַקְרַבִּֽים

and,I add on/upon (Some words not found in UHB: and=now father_of,my laid on,you(pl) yoke heavy and,I add on/upon yoke_of,your(pl) father_of,my disciplined ,you(pl) with,whips and,I discipline ,you(pl) with,scorpions )

See how you translated the similar expression in 12:4. Alternate translation: [but for my part, I will add to your yoke … but for my part, I will discipline you with scorpions] or [but for my part, I will make you work even harder … but for my part, I will discipline you even more severely]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

בָּ⁠עַקְרַבִּֽים

(Some words not found in UHB: and=now father_of,my laid on,you(pl) yoke heavy and,I add on/upon yoke_of,your(pl) father_of,my disciplined ,you(pl) with,whips and,I discipline ,you(pl) with,scorpions )

The young men want Rehoboam to use the term scorpions within an image to mean that he would discipline the Israelites more severely than his father did. If you decide to retain the image in your translation, you could show what this term means. The term scorpions could be: (1) the name of whips that had cutting objects in their ends such as iron points, hooks, or thorns. Alternate translation: [with barbed whips] or (2) a reference to actual scorpions, insects that have very painful stingers in their tails. Alternate translation: [by having scorpions sting you]