OET interlinear 1 KI 19:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

וְ⁠הֽוּא־הָלַ֤ךְ

and=he went

See how you translated the similar expression in [2:8](../02/08.md). Alternate translation: [And for his part, he went]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / exclamations

רַ֗ב

great//chief/captain

Elijah is using a phrase that expresses a strong feeling of despair and exhaustion. There may be an equivalent word or phrase in your language that you can use in your translation to convey this feeling. If not, you could say what Elijah was feeling, or you could say what made him feel despair and exhaustion. Alternate translation: [I am as tired and discouraged as I can bear]

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

עַתָּ֤ה יְהוָה֙ קַ֣ח נַפְשִׁ֔⁠י כִּֽי־לֹא־ט֥וֹב אָנֹכִ֖י מֵ⁠אֲבֹתָֽ⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he went in,wilderness road/way_of day and,he_came and=he/it_sat_down//remained//lived below/instead_of broom_tree a and,he_asked DOM self_of,his to,die and=he/it_said great//chief/captain now YHWH take life_of,my that/for/because/then/when not good I more,than_of,my_ancestors )

If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the result that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: [since I am not better than my fathers, take my life]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לֹא־ט֥וֹב אָנֹכִ֖י מֵ⁠אֲבֹתָֽ⁠י

not good I more,than_of,my_ancestors

Elijah could be using the term fathers to mean: (1) his ancestors. Since they have died, he accepts that a time will come for him to die too, and it may as well be now. Alternate translation: [I do not need to keep living; after all, my ancestors have all died] or (2) the prophets who came before him, who had not gotten the people of Israel to worship Yahweh any more than he apparently had. (In [2 Kings 2:12](../2ki/02/12.md), Elisha calls Elijah “my father,” suggesting that this was a term that prophets used to describe their predecessors.) Alternate translation: [I have been no more successful than the prophets who came before me]