OET interlinear 1 KI 6:37

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-endofstory

בַּ⁠שָּׁנָה֙ הָֽ⁠רְבִיעִ֔ית יֻסַּ֖ד בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה בְּ⁠יֶ֖רַח זִֽו

(Some words not found in UHB: in,year (the),fourth foundation_~_laid house_of YHWH in,the_month_of Ziv )

In this verse and the next one, the author is concluding his account of how Solomon had his workers build a temple for Yahweh. Here he repeats what he said at the beginning of the account, in [6:1](../06/01.md), about when Solomon began the project. That repetition signals the impending conclusion of the account, which ends in the next verse with the author’s statement of when Solomon completed the project. Use a natural form in your language for concluding an account with a brief summary of what it has described.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

בַּ⁠שָּׁנָה֙ הָֽ⁠רְבִיעִ֔ית יֻסַּ֖ד בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה בְּ⁠יֶ֖רַח זִֽו

(Some words not found in UHB: in,year (the),fourth foundation_~_laid house_of YHWH in,the_month_of Ziv )

If it would be more natural in your language, you may want to put the information about the month of Ziv with the information about the year. Alternate translation: [In the fourth year, in the month of Ziv, the house of Yahweh was founded]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

בַּ⁠שָּׁנָה֙ הָֽ⁠רְבִיעִ֔ית

(Some words not found in UHB: in,year (the),fourth foundation_~_laid house_of YHWH in,the_month_of Ziv )

By the fourth year, the author means the fourth year of Solomon’s reign as king. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [In the fourth year of the reign of Solomon]

Note 4 topic: translate-ordinal

בַּ⁠שָּׁנָה֙ הָֽ⁠רְבִיעִ֔ית

(Some words not found in UHB: in,year (the),fourth foundation_~_laid house_of YHWH in,the_month_of Ziv )

If your language would not represent a number in a form such as fourth, you could represent this number in a form that your language would use. Alternate translation: [In year four]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

יֻסַּ֖ד בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה

(Some words not found in UHB: in,year (the),fourth foundation_~_laid house_of YHWH in,the_month_of Ziv )

The expression was founded is a passive verbal form. If your language would not use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [workers laid the foundation of the house of Yahweh]