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OET (OET-LV) And_ Bath- _she_went sheⱱaˊ to the_king to_the_room and_the_king he_was_old very and_ʼAⱱīshag the_Shūnammit was_serving DOM the_king.
OET (OET-RV) So Batsheva went to the king’s bedroom where Avishag (the Shunammite) was attending him in his old age.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / go
וַתָּבֹ֨א בַת־שֶׁ֤בֶע
(Some words not found in UHB: and,she_went Bath- -sheⱱaˊ to/towards the=king to,the,room and,the,king old very and,Abishag the,Shunammite attending DOM the,king )
In a context such as this, your language might say “went” instead of came. Alternate translation: [So Bathsheba went]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
הַחַ֔דְרָה
to,the,room
The author assumes that readers will understand that by the room, he means David’s bedroom. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [and she went into his bedroom to speak with him]
Note 3 topic: writing-background
וְהַמֶּ֖לֶךְ זָקֵ֣ן מְאֹ֑ד וַֽאֲבִישַׁג֙ הַשּׁ֣וּנַמִּ֔ית מְשָׁרַ֖ת אֶת־הַמֶּֽלֶךְ
(Some words not found in UHB: and,she_went Bath- -sheⱱaˊ to/towards the=king to,the,room and,the,king old very and,Abishag the,Shunammite attending DOM the,king )
Here the author is providing background information to help readers understand what is happening in the story. In your translation, introduce this information in a way that would be natural in your own language and culture.
Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns
מְשָׁרַ֖ת אֶת־הַמֶּֽלֶךְ
(Some words not found in UHB: and,she_went Bath- -sheⱱaˊ to/towards the=king to,the,room and,the,king old very and,Abishag the,Shunammite attending DOM the,king )
Since the author uses the phrase the king earlier in the verse, it may be more natural in your language to use a pronoun here. Alternate translation: [was serving him]
OET (OET-LV) And_ Bath- _she_went sheⱱaˊ to the_king to_the_room and_the_king he_was_old very and_ʼAⱱīshag the_Shūnammit was_serving DOM the_king.
OET (OET-RV) So Batsheva went to the king’s bedroom where Avishag (the Shunammite) was attending him in his old age.
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.