OET interlinear 1KI 2:27

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

לְ⁠מַלֵּא֙ אֶת־דְּבַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה

in_order_to,fulfilling DOM word/matter_of YHWH

Here, the phrase to fulfill introduces a result from Solomon’s action. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different word or phrase that introduces a result. Alternate translation: “so that the word of Yahweh was fulfilled” or “with the result that the word of Yahweh was fulfilled”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

אֶת־דְּבַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה

DOM DOM word/matter_of YHWH

Here, word represents what Yahweh said using words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the message from Yahweh” or “what Yahweh had declared”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

עַל־בֵּ֥ית עֵלִ֖י בְּ⁠שִׁלֹֽה

on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in house_of ˊĒlī in=Shiloh

Here the author assumes that his audience will know that Abiathar was a descendant of Eli, who was a priest many years before Solomon was born. The author is referring to how God sent a prophet to Eli to tell him that his descendants would someday no longer be priests. You can read what the prophet said in 1 Samuel 2:27–36. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make some or all of this information more explicit, or you could include this information in a footnote. Alternate translation: “at Shiloh about how there would no longer be priests from the house of Eli, from whom Abiathar was descended”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בֵּ֥ית עֵלִ֖י

house_of ˊĒlī

Here, house represents the family and descendants of Eli. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “the offspring of Eli” or “Eli’s family”