OET interlinear 1 KI 4:24

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

כִּי

(kī)

The word translated as For indicates that what follows is a reason for what came before. Use a connector in your language that makes this clear. Alternate translation: [This was because] or [The reason was that]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

עֵ֣בֶר הַ⁠נָּהָ֗ר

(ˊēⱱer ha⁠nnāhār)

The author assumes that readers will know that, in this context, beyond the River refers to the territory on the Israelite side of the Euphrates River, that is, west of that river. You could indicate that explicitly if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [on this side of the Euphrates River] or [west of the Euphrates River]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

(Occurrence 2) בְּ⁠כָל

(bə⁠kāl)

The author is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [He ruled over all of]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

מַלְכֵ֖י

(malkēy)

The author is using the possessive form to describe kings who ruled over the territory that was beyond the river. If a speaker of your language would not use the possessive form for this, you could express this idea in another way. Alternate translation: [the kings whose territory was]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

וְ⁠שָׁל֗וֹם הָ֥יָה ל֛⁠וֹ

(və⁠shālōm hāyāh l⁠ō)

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of peace, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [And conditions were peaceful for him]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

וְ⁠שָׁל֗וֹם הָ֥יָה ל֛⁠וֹ מִ⁠כָּל־עֲבָרָ֖י⁠ו מִ⁠סָּבִֽיב

(və⁠shālōm hāyāh l⁠ō mi⁠kkāl-ˊₐⱱārāy⁠v mi⁠şşāⱱiyⱱ)

The phrases from all his sides and from all around mean similar things. The author is using the two phrases together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: [And peace completely surrounded him] or [And his kingdom was completely surrounded by peaceful conditions]