OET interlinear 1 KI 16:29

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-participants

וְ⁠אַחְאָ֣ב בֶּן־עָמְרִ֗י מָלַךְ֙ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל בִּ⁠שְׁנַ֨ת שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וּ⁠שְׁמֹנֶה֙ שָׁנָ֔ה לְ⁠אָסָ֖א מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה

and,Ahab (Some words not found in UHB: and,Ahab son_of ˊĀmərī became_king on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Yisrael in=year thirty and=eight year of,Asa king Yehuda and,he_reigned ʼAḩʼāⱱ son_of ˊĀmərī on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Yisrael in,Samaria twenty and,two year )

In this verse, the author is introducing Ahab as a participant in the story as the new king of Israel. See how you translated the similar phrases in 15:1–2 and other comparable contexts in the book.

Note 2 topic: translate-ordinal

בִּ⁠שְׁנַ֨ת שְׁלֹשִׁ֤ים וּ⁠שְׁמֹנֶה֙ שָׁנָ֔ה לְ⁠אָסָ֖א

(Some words not found in UHB: and,Ahab son_of ˊĀmərī became_king on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Yisrael in=year thirty and=eight year of,Asa king Yehuda and,he_reigned ʼAḩʼāⱱ son_of ˊĀmərī on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Yisrael in,Samaria twenty and,two year )

If your language would not represent a number in a form such as in the year of 38, you could represent this number in a form that your language would use. Alternate translation: [in the thirty-eighth year of Asa]