OET interlinear 1 KI 2:37

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

וְ⁠הָיָ֣ה ׀ בְּ⁠י֣וֹם צֵאתְ⁠ךָ֗ וְ⁠עָֽבַרְתָּ֙ אֶת־נַ֣חַל קִדְר֔וֹן יָדֹ֥עַ תֵּדַ֖ע כִּ֣י מ֣וֹת תָּמ֑וּת

and=it_was (Some words not found in UHB: and=it_was in/on=day you,go_out and,you_will_pass_over DOM wadi_of Qidrōn to_be_sure sure that/for/because/then/when to_die you(ms)_will_die blood_of,your will_belong on,your_own_of,head )

Solomon is using the instructional form you shall know to indicate something that Shimei is to know right then, at the time when he is speaking, not at some future time when he might pass over the wadi of Kidron. If it would be helpful in your language, you could put the information that Shimei is to know this at the beginning of the sentence. Alternate translation: [And knowing, you shall know that it will happen, on the day of your going out and you pass over the wadi of Kidron, that dying, you shall die]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

בְּ⁠י֣וֹם צֵאתְ⁠ךָ֗ וְ⁠עָֽבַרְתָּ֙ אֶת־נַ֣חַל קִדְר֔וֹן

(Some words not found in UHB: and=it_was in/on=day you,go_out and,you_will_pass_over DOM wadi_of Qidrōn to_be_sure sure that/for/because/then/when to_die you(ms)_will_die blood_of,your will_belong on,your_own_of,head )

Solomon is using one way of leaving Jerusalem (crossing the wadi of Kidron, which was on the east side of Jerusalem) to mean leaving Jerusalem in any way at all. Solomon may refer to this way of leaving Jerusalem because it is the one that Shimei is most likely to use to return to his home in Bahurim. However, the example of the wadi of Kidron also provides a limit to how far Shimei may go from the city in any direction. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [if at any time you go farther from Jerusalem in any direction than the distance to the wadi of Kidron]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בְּ⁠י֣וֹם צֵאתְ⁠ךָ֗

(Some words not found in UHB: and=it_was in/on=day you,go_out and,you_will_pass_over DOM wadi_of Qidrōn to_be_sure sure that/for/because/then/when to_die you(ms)_will_die blood_of,your will_belong on,your_own_of,head )

Solomon is using the expression the day of your going out to refer to any occasion on which Shimei might leave Jerusalem. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [if on any occasion you leave the city]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / reduplication

יָדֹ֥עַ תֵּדַ֖ע כִּ֣י מ֣וֹת תָּמ֑וּת

to_be_sure (Some words not found in UHB: and=it_was in/on=day you,go_out and,you_will_pass_over DOM wadi_of Qidrōn to_be_sure sure that/for/because/then/when to_die you(ms)_will_die blood_of,your will_belong on,your_own_of,head )

Solomon is repeating forms of the verbs “know” and “die” in order to intensify his expression of the ideas that they convey. If your language can repeat words for intensification, it would be appropriate to do that here in your translation. If not, your language may have another way of expressing the intensification. Alternate translation: [you shall know for certain that you shall surely die]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

דָּמְ⁠ךָ֖ יִהְיֶ֥ה בְ⁠רֹאשֶֽׁ⁠ךָ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=it_was in/on=day you,go_out and,you_will_pass_over DOM wadi_of Qidrōn to_be_sure sure that/for/because/then/when to_die you(ms)_will_die blood_of,your will_belong on,your_own_of,head )

Solomon is using Your blood will be on your head as a common expression of his culture to mean “You will be responsible for your own death.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. If you have already translated the book of 2 Samuel, see how you translated the similar expression in [2 Samuel 3:29](../2sa/03/29.md). Alternate translation: [You will be responsible for your own death] or [You will have dug your own grave]