OET interlinear 1KI 2:19

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / go

וַ⁠תָּבֹ֤א בַת־שֶׁ֨בַע֙

and,went בַת seven

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

Note 2 topic: translate-symaction

וַ⁠יִּשְׁתַּ֣חוּ לָ֗⁠הּ

and,bowed_down to/for=her/it

In Bathsheba’s culture, when people prostrated themselves to someone else, they were honoring and respecting that person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could explain what this action means. Alternate translation: “and he prostrated himself to her in respect” or “and he prostrated himself to honor her”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַ⁠יָּ֤שֶׂם כִּסֵּא֙

and=he/it_assigned throne

Here the author implies that Solomon told some of his servants or attendants to set the throne at his right side. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “And he told his servants to set a throne”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

לְ⁠אֵ֣ם הַ⁠מֶּ֔לֶךְ

for,mother the=king

Here the author assumes that his readers will know that the mother of the king is Bathsheba. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make that idea more explicit. Alternate translation: “for Bathsheba, the mother of the king”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לִֽ⁠ימִינֽ⁠וֹ

on,right,his

Here, the phrases to his right hand refers to the place next to Solomon’s right hand, which would be the right side. In the Bathsheba’s culture, this side were associated with honor or authority. If it would be helpful in your language, you could refer to the “right side.” Be sure that your readers understand that this side indicates that Bathsheba has honor and authority when she sits there. Alternate translation: “on the side to his right” or “in the honorable place at his right side”