OET interlinear 1 KI 3:28

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

וַ⁠יִּשְׁמְע֣וּ כָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֗ל

(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_heard all Yisrael DOM the,judgment which/who rendered the=king and=they_saw from=face/in_front_of the=king that/for/because/then/when saw that/for/because/then/when wisdom_of ʼElohīm [was],within_of,him for=doing justice )

The author is saying all of Israel as a generalization for emphasis. If it would be clearer in your language, you could express the emphasis in a different way. Alternate translation: [And people throughout Israel heard]

Note 2 topic: writing-poetry

אֶת־הַ⁠מִּשְׁפָּט֙ אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁפַ֣ט הַ⁠מֶּ֔לֶךְ

DOM (Some words not found in UHB: and,they_heard all Yisrael DOM the,judgment which/who rendered the=king and=they_saw from=face/in_front_of the=king that/for/because/then/when saw that/for/because/then/when wisdom_of ʼElohīm [was],within_of,him for=doing justice )

The author 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: [how the king had judged this case]

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

וַ⁠יִּֽרְא֖וּ מִ⁠פְּנֵ֣י הַ⁠מֶּ֑לֶךְ כִּ֣י רָא֔וּ כִּֽי־חָכְמַ֧ת אֱלֹהִ֛ים בְּ⁠קִרְבּ֖⁠וֹ לַ⁠עֲשׂ֥וֹת מִשְׁפָּֽט

(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_heard all Yisrael DOM the,judgment which/who rendered the=king and=they_saw from=face/in_front_of the=king that/for/because/then/when saw that/for/because/then/when wisdom_of ʼElohīm [was],within_of,him for=doing justice )

If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the result that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: [and because they saw that the wisdom of God was within him to do justice, they were afraid from the face of the king]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

מִ⁠פְּנֵ֣י הַ⁠מֶּ֑לֶךְ

(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_heard all Yisrael DOM the,judgment which/who rendered the=king and=they_saw from=face/in_front_of the=king that/for/because/then/when saw that/for/because/then/when wisdom_of ʼElohīm [was],within_of,him for=doing justice )

Here, from the face of is a common expression of the culture that means “because of” or “on account of.” 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. Alternate translation: [on account of the king]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

רָא֔וּ

saw

Here, saw is speaking of the people recognizing or understanding Solomon’s wisdom as if they had physically seen it with their eyes. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [they recognized]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

חָכְמַ֧ת אֱלֹהִ֛ים בְּ⁠קִרְבּ֖⁠וֹ

wisdom_of ʼElohīm (Some words not found in UHB: and,they_heard all Yisrael DOM the,judgment which/who rendered the=king and=they_saw from=face/in_front_of the=king that/for/because/then/when saw that/for/because/then/when wisdom_of ʼElohīm [was],within_of,him for=doing justice )

The author is speaking of wisdom as if it were an object that could be inside a person. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [God had given him great wisdom]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

חָכְמַ֧ת אֱלֹהִ֛ים בְּ⁠קִרְבּ֖⁠וֹ

wisdom_of ʼElohīm (Some words not found in UHB: and,they_heard all Yisrael DOM the,judgment which/who rendered the=king and=they_saw from=face/in_front_of the=king that/for/because/then/when saw that/for/because/then/when wisdom_of ʼElohīm [was],within_of,him for=doing justice )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of wisdom, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [God had made him very wise]