OET interlinear 1 KI 16:8

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-participants

בִּ⁠שְׁנַ֨ת עֶשְׂרִ֤ים וָ⁠שֵׁשׁ֙ שָׁנָ֔ה לְ⁠אָסָ֖א מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה מָ֠לַךְ אֵלָ֨ה בֶן־בַּעְשָׁ֧א עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֛ל בְּ⁠תִרְצָ֖ה שְׁנָתָֽיִם

(Some words not found in UHB: in=year twenty and,six year of,Asa king Yehuda became_king ʼĒlāh son_of Baˊshāʼ on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Yisrael in,Tirzah years )

In this verse, the author is introducing Elah 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 עֶשְׂרִ֤ים וָ⁠שֵׁשׁ֙ שָׁנָ֔ה לְ⁠אָסָ֖א

(Some words not found in UHB: in=year twenty and,six year of,Asa king Yehuda became_king ʼĒlāh son_of Baˊshāʼ on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Yisrael in,Tirzah years )

If your language would not represent a number in a form such as the year of 26, you could represent this number in a form that your language would use. Alternate translation: [In the twenty-sixth year of Asa]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

שְׁנָתָֽיִם

(Some words not found in UHB: in=year twenty and,six year of,Asa king Yehuda became_king ʼĒlāh son_of Baˊshāʼ on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Yisrael in,Tirzah years )

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: [and he reigned for two years]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

שְׁנָתָֽיִם

(Some words not found in UHB: in=year twenty and,six year of,Asa king Yehuda became_king ʼĒlāh son_of Baˊshāʼ on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Yisrael in,Tirzah years )

In this culture, people described the length of a king’s reign not by its duration but by the number of different years it included, in whole or in part, in the reign of another king that they were using for reference. In your translation, describe these days as your language and culture naturally would, considering that Elah began to reign during the twenty-sixth year of Asa and was killed during the twenty-seventh year of Asa. Alternate translation: [and he reigned for parts of two years] or [and he reigned for about one year]