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People tagged in the matching LV passage: Nathan (SA2 7:2) · Solomon · Zadok (SA2 8:17)
OET-LV And_he_will_anoint DOM_him/it there Tsādōq the_priest/officer and_Nātān the_prophet to_king over Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) and_you(pl)_will_give_a_blast on_horn and_you(pl)_will_say the_king Shəlomoh may_he_live.
OET (OET-RV) Then you two, Tsadok and Natan, must anoint him there as king over Yisrael. Then blow the horn and shout, ‘Let King Shelomoh live!’
Note 1 topic: translate-symaction
וּמָשַׁ֣ח אֹת֣וֹ שָׁ֠ם צָד֨וֹק הַכֹּהֵ֜ן וְנָתָ֧ן הַנָּבִ֛יא לְמֶ֖לֶךְ
(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_will_anoint DOM=him/it there Tsādōq/(Zadok) the=priest/officer and,Nathan the,prophet to,king on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Yisrael and,you(pl)_will_give_a_blast on,horn and,you(pl)_will_say long_live the=king Shəlomoh/(Solomon) )
The act of anointing was a symbolic action by which Zadok and Nathan would show that Solomon was being appointed as the legitimate king of Israel. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action in the text of your translation or in a footnote. Alternate translation: [And Zadok the priest and Nathan the prophet shall pour oil on his head to show that he is the legitimate king]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person
וּמָשַׁ֣ח אֹת֣וֹ & צָד֨וֹק הַכֹּהֵ֜ן וְנָתָ֧ן הַנָּבִ֛יא
(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_will_anoint DOM=him/it there Tsādōq/(Zadok) the=priest/officer and,Nathan the,prophet to,king on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Yisrael and,you(pl)_will_give_a_blast on,horn and,you(pl)_will_say long_live the=king Shəlomoh/(Solomon) )
David is addressing Zadok and Nathan in the third person in order to give them specific instructions. If this would not be natural in your language, you could use second-person forms. Alternate translation: [And you, Zadok the priest, and you, Nathan the prophet, shall anoint him]
Note 3 topic: translate-symaction
וּתְקַעְתֶּם֙ בַּשּׁוֹפָ֔ר
(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_will_anoint DOM=him/it there Tsādōq/(Zadok) the=priest/officer and,Nathan the,prophet to,king on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Yisrael and,you(pl)_will_give_a_blast on,horn and,you(pl)_will_say long_live the=king Shəlomoh/(Solomon) )
The act of blowing on a shofar was a symbolic action by which David’s supporters showed that Solomon was being proclaimed as the new king. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action in the text of your translation or in a footnote. Alternate translation: [And you shall blow on a shofar to proclaim him as king]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
וַאֲמַרְתֶּ֕ם יְחִ֖י הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹֽה
(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_will_anoint DOM=him/it there Tsādōq/(Zadok) the=priest/officer and,Nathan the,prophet to,king on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Yisrael and,you(pl)_will_give_a_blast on,horn and,you(pl)_will_say long_live the=king Shəlomoh/(Solomon) )
If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [and you shall proclaim that Solomon is the king]
Note 5 topic: writing-politeness
יְחִ֖י הַמֶּ֥לֶךְ שְׁלֹמֹֽה
long_live (Some words not found in UHB: and,he_will_anoint DOM=him/it there Tsādōq/(Zadok) the=priest/officer and,Nathan the,prophet to,king on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Yisrael and,you(pl)_will_give_a_blast on,horn and,you(pl)_will_say long_live the=king Shəlomoh/(Solomon) )
See how you translated the similar expression in 1:25. Alternate translation: [Long live King Solomon]
OET-LV And_he_will_anoint DOM_him/it there Tsādōq the_priest/officer and_Nātān the_prophet to_king over Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) and_you(pl)_will_give_a_blast on_horn and_you(pl)_will_say the_king Shəlomoh may_he_live.
OET (OET-RV) Then you two, Tsadok and Natan, must anoint him there as king over Yisrael. Then blow the horn and shout, ‘Let King Shelomoh live!’
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.