OET interlinear 1 KI 18:18

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

כִּ֥י אִם־אַתָּ֖ה וּ⁠בֵ֣ית אָבִ֑י⁠ךָ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said not troubled DOM Yisrael that/for/because/then/when if you(ms) and,the_household_of your_father_of,your because,you,have_forsaken DOM commands_of YHWH and,you_have_walked after the,Baals )

Elijah 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: [but rather you and the house of your father have troubled Israel]

Note 2 topic: translate-kinship

וּ⁠בֵ֣ית אָבִ֑י⁠ךָ

and,the_household_of your_father_of,your

See how you translated the similar expression in [2:31](../02/31.md). Alternate translation: [your extended family]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וַ⁠תֵּ֖לֶךְ אַחֲרֵ֥י

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said not troubled DOM Yisrael that/for/because/then/when if you(ms) and,the_household_of your_father_of,your because,you,have_forsaken DOM commands_of YHWH and,you_have_walked after the,Baals )

See how you translated the similar expression in [11:5](../11/05.md). Alternate translation: [and worshiping]

Note 4 topic: translate-plural

הַ⁠בְּעָלִֽים

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said not troubled DOM Yisrael that/for/because/then/when if you(ms) and,the_household_of your_father_of,your because,you,have_forsaken DOM commands_of YHWH and,you_have_walked after the,Baals )

Elijah is probably using the plural term Baals because the Israelites were worshiping multiple manifestations or representations of Baal. Various places had their own shrines or temples in which they worshiped local representations, such as Baal of Tyre, Baal of Peor, etc. Since the name is singular in the rest of the book, if it would be helpful to your readers, you could use the singular here as well. Alternate translation: [Baal]