OET interlinear 1KI 2:5

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rpronouns

אַתָּ֣ה יָדַ֡עְתָּ

you(ms) know

David uses the word yourself to emphasize that Solomon knows what he is about say. Use a way that is natural in your language to indicate this significance. Alternate translation: “as for you, you know”

Note 2 topic: translate-names

צְרוּיָ֗ה

Tsərū\sup_yāh/(Zeruiah)

The word Zeruiah is the name of a woman. She was David’s sister.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אֵת֩ אֲשֶׁר־עָ֨שָׂה לִ֜⁠י יוֹאָ֣ב בֶּן־צְרוּיָ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֣ר עָשָׂ֣ה לִ⁠שְׁנֵֽי־שָׂרֵ֣י

DOM which/who he/it_had_made to=me Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) son_of Tsərū\sup_yāh/(Zeruiah) which/who he/it_had_made to,two commanders

Here David could mean that: (1) Joab did bad things to David by doing bad things to the two commanders. Alternate translation: “what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me. I mean what he did to two of the commanders of” (2) Joab did bad things both to David and to the two commanders. Alternate translation: “what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me and also what he did to two of the commanders of”

Note 4 topic: translate-names

נֵ֜ר וְ⁠לַ⁠עֲמָשָׂ֤א & יֶ֨תֶר֙

Nēr and,to,Amasa & Yeter/(Jether)

The words Ner, Amasa, and Jether are the names of men.

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

וַ⁠יָּ֥שֶׂם דְּמֵֽי־מִלְחָמָ֖ה בְּ⁠שָׁלֹ֑ם וַ⁠יִּתֵּ֞ן דְּמֵ֣י מִלְחָמָ֗ה

and=he/it_assigned bloods_of war in/on/at/with,time_of_peace and=he/it_gave bloods_of war

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas of bloodshed, war, and peace, you could express the same ideas in another way. Alternate translation: “And he shed blood during a peaceful time as if it were a time to fight, and when he fought, he shed blood”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וַ⁠יָּ֥שֶׂם דְּמֵֽי־מִלְחָמָ֖ה בְּ⁠שָׁלֹ֑ם

and=he/it_assigned bloods_of war in/on/at/with,time_of_peace

Here David speaks as if peace were a container into which Joab put the bloodshed of war. He could mean that Joab: (1) killed people during a time of peace as if it were a time of war. Alternate translation: “And caused bloodshed during peace as if it were war” (2) took revenge during a time of peace against people who had killed others during a war. Alternate translation: “And he took revenge during peace for bloodshed that occurred in a war”

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וַ⁠יִּתֵּ֞ן דְּמֵ֣י מִלְחָמָ֗ה בַּ⁠חֲגֹֽרָת⁠וֹ֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר בְּ⁠מָתְנָ֔י⁠ו וּֽ⁠בְ⁠נַעֲל֖⁠וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּ⁠רַגְלָֽי⁠ו

and=he/it_gave bloods_of war in/on/at/with,belt,his_own which/who in/on/at/with,waist,his and,in/on/at/with,sandals,his which/who in/on/at/with,feet,his

Here David speaks as if bloodshed were on Joab’s belt and sandal. He could mean that: (1) Joab is always guilty for what he did, as surely as if his clothes were stained with blood. Alternate translation: “and it is as if killing people were clothing that he always wears” or “and he is always responsible for the bloodshed of war that he has caused” (2) Joab actually spilled blood on his belt and sandal when he killed Abner and Amasa. Alternate translation: “and he got the blood of the people he killed on his belt, which was on his loins, and on his sandal, which was on his feet”

Note 8 topic: grammar-collectivenouns

וּֽ⁠בְ⁠נַעֲל֖⁠וֹ אֲשֶׁ֥ר בְּ⁠רַגְלָֽי⁠ו

and,in/on/at/with,sandals,his which/who in/on/at/with,feet,his

In this verse, the word sandal is singular in form, but it refers to both of Joab’s sandals together. If it would be helpful in your language, you could say this plainly. Alternate translation: “on his sandals, which were on his feet”