OET interlinear 1 KI 14:21

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-participants

וּ⁠רְחַבְעָם֙ בֶּן־שְׁלֹמֹ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּֽ⁠יהוּדָ֑ה בֶּן־אַרְבָּעִ֣ים וְ⁠אַחַ֣ת שָׁנָה֩ רְחַבְעָ֨ם בְּ⁠מָלְכ֜⁠וֹ וּֽ⁠שֲׁבַ֨ע עֶשְׂרֵ֥ה שָׁנָ֣ה ׀ מָלַ֣ךְ בִּ⁠ירוּשָׁלִַ֗ם הָ֠⁠עִיר אֲשֶׁר־בָּחַ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה לָ⁠שׂ֨וּם אֶת־שְׁמ֥⁠וֹ שָׁם֙ מִ⁠כֹּל֙ שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וְ⁠שֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔⁠וֹ נַעֲמָ֖ה הָ⁠עַמֹּנִֽית

and,Rehoboam (Some words not found in UHB: and,Rehoboam son_of Shəlomoh/(Solomon) reigned in,Judah son_of forty and,one year Rəḩaⱱˊām when,he,became_king and,seven- teen year reigned in,Jerusalem the=city which/who chosen YHWH to,put DOM his/its=name there from=all tribes_of Yisrael and=name_of his/its=mother Naˊₐmāh the_Ammonite,[woman] )

In this verse, the author is reintroducing Rehoboam as a participant in the story. He was first introduced briefly in 11:43 as Solomon’s son and successor. The author is now reintroducing him formally as the king of Judah. Your language may have its own way of reintroducing participants that you can use in your translation. See the discussion in the introduction to this chapter of how the author introduces his accounts of the reigns of kings.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

בֶּן־אַרְבָּעִ֣ים וְ⁠אַחַ֣ת שָׁנָה֩

(Some words not found in UHB: and,Rehoboam son_of Shəlomoh/(Solomon) reigned in,Judah son_of forty and,one year Rəḩaⱱˊām when,he,became_king and,seven- teen year reigned in,Jerusalem the=city which/who chosen YHWH to,put DOM his/its=name there from=all tribes_of Yisrael and=name_of his/its=mother Naˊₐmāh the_Ammonite,[woman] )

The author is using a son of 41 years as a common expression of the culture to mean “41 years old.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [was 41 years old]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo

הָ֠⁠עִיר אֲשֶׁר־בָּחַ֨ר יְהוָ֜ה לָ⁠שׂ֨וּם אֶת־שְׁמ֥⁠וֹ שָׁם֙

the=city (Some words not found in UHB: and,Rehoboam son_of Shəlomoh/(Solomon) reigned in,Judah son_of forty and,one year Rəḩaⱱˊām when,he,became_king and,seven- teen year reigned in,Jerusalem the=city which/who chosen YHWH to,put DOM his/its=name there from=all tribes_of Yisrael and=name_of his/its=mother Naˊₐmāh the_Ammonite,[woman] )

It might seem that this expression contains extra information that would not be natural to express in your language. If so, you could shorten it. Alternate translation: [the city where Yahweh had chosen to put his name]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לָ⁠שׂ֨וּם אֶת־שְׁמ֥⁠וֹ שָׁם֙

to,put DOM (Some words not found in UHB: and,Rehoboam son_of Shəlomoh/(Solomon) reigned in,Judah son_of forty and,one year Rəḩaⱱˊām when,he,became_king and,seven- teen year reigned in,Jerusalem the=city which/who chosen YHWH to,put DOM his/its=name there from=all tribes_of Yisrael and=name_of his/its=mother Naˊₐmāh the_Ammonite,[woman] )

See how you translated the similar expression in 11:36. Alternate translation: [as a place where people would worship him] or [as a place where his reputation would be made known]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מִ⁠כֹּל֙ שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל

(Some words not found in UHB: and,Rehoboam son_of Shəlomoh/(Solomon) reigned in,Judah son_of forty and,one year Rəḩaⱱˊām when,he,became_king and,seven- teen year reigned in,Jerusalem the=city which/who chosen YHWH to,put DOM his/its=name there from=all tribes_of Yisrael and=name_of his/its=mother Naˊₐmāh the_Ammonite,[woman] )

See how you translated the similar expression in 8:16. Alternate translation: [of all possible locations within the territory of Israel]