OET interlinear 1 KI 2:20

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-poetry

שְׁאֵלָ֨ה אַחַ֤ת קְטַנָּה֙ אָֽנֹכִי֙ שֹׁאֶ֣לֶת מֵֽ⁠אִתָּ֔⁠ךְ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_said request one(fs) small I asking from,with,you not refuse DOM face_of,my and=he/it_said to/for=her/it the=king ask my_mother_of,my that/for/because/then/when not I_will_refuse DOM face_of,your )

Bathsheba is using a construction in which a verb and its object 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 saying this. Alternate translation: [I would like to make one small request of you]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

אַל־תָּ֖שֶׁב אֶת־פָּנָ֑⁠י

not (Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_said request one(fs) small I asking from,with,you not refuse DOM face_of,my and=he/it_said to/for=her/it the=king ask my_mother_of,my that/for/because/then/when not I_will_refuse DOM face_of,your )

See how you translated the similar expression in [2:16](../02/16.md). Alternate translation: [Please do not turn me down] or [Please do not refuse my request]

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

שַׁאֲלִ֣י אִמִּ֔⁠י כִּ֥י לֹֽא־אָשִׁ֖יב אֶת־פָּנָֽיִ⁠ךְ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_said request one(fs) small I asking from,with,you not refuse DOM face_of,my and=he/it_said to/for=her/it the=king ask my_mother_of,my that/for/because/then/when not I_will_refuse DOM face_of,your )

If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since for I will not turn away your face gives the reason for the result described in Request, my mother. Alternate translation: [I will not turn away your face, so request, my mother]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / imperative

שַׁאֲלִ֣י

(Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_said request one(fs) small I asking from,with,you not refuse DOM face_of,my and=he/it_said to/for=her/it the=king ask my_mother_of,my that/for/because/then/when not I_will_refuse DOM face_of,your )

This is an imperative, but it communicates permission rather than a command. Use a form in your language that communicates permission. Alternate translation: [You may make your request]

Note 5 topic: writing-politeness

אִמִּ֔⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_said request one(fs) small I asking from,with,you not refuse DOM face_of,my and=he/it_said to/for=her/it the=king ask my_mother_of,my that/for/because/then/when not I_will_refuse DOM face_of,your )

Solomon is using the courteous expression that a king in this culture would use to address his mother. The queen mother was an important figure in the royal courts of this culture. There may be a comparable expression from your culture that you can use in your translation. Alternate translation: [my lady]