OET interlinear 1KI 1:40

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / go

וַ⁠יַּעֲל֤וּ כָל־הָ⁠עָם֙

and,went_up all the,people

In a context such as this, your language might say “came” instead of went. Alternate translation: “And all the people came up”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

כָל־הָ⁠עָם֙

all the,people

See how you translated this phrase in 1:39. Alternate translation: “very many people” or “each person there”

Note 3 topic: writing-poetry

וּ⁠שְׂמֵחִ֖ים שִׂמְחָ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֑ה

and,rejoicing joy great

Here, were rejoicing with great joy is an emphatic construction that uses a verb and its object that come from the same root. You may be able to use the same construction in your language to express the meaning here. Alternatively, your language may have another way of showing the emphasis. Alternate translation: “and were extremely pleased”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

שִׂמְחָ֣ה גְדוֹלָ֑ה

joy great

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of joy, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: “very joyfully”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וַ⁠תִּבָּקַ֥ע הָ⁠אָ֖רֶץ בְּ⁠קוֹלָֽ⁠ם

and,shook the=earth/land in/on/at/with,noise,their

Here the author speaks as if the people were so loud that the earth was split by the noise that they were making. He means that they were extremely loud. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a comparable figure of speech or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “And the earth was shaken by their sound” or “And their sound was very loud”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וַ⁠תִּבָּקַ֥ע הָ⁠אָ֖רֶץ בְּ⁠קוֹלָֽ⁠ם

and,shook the=earth/land in/on/at/with,noise,their

If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: “And their sound split the earth”