OET interlinear 1 KI 6:8

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

הַ⁠צֵּלָע֙ הַ⁠תִּ֣יכֹנָ֔ה

(Some words not found in UHB: entrance_of the=rib/plank (the),middle to/towards side_of of,the_house (the),right and,by,stairs went_up on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the_middle,[chamber] and=from the_middle,[chamber] to/towards the,thirty )

The author is not referring to a specific middle chamber. He means the rooms on the middle level in general. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use an expression that would be more natural in your language. Alternate translation: [the middle chambers] or [the second floor]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

אֶל־כֶּ֥תֶף הַ⁠בַּ֖יִת הַ⁠יְמָנִ֑ית

to/towards to/towards (Some words not found in UHB: entrance_of the=rib/plank (the),middle to/towards side_of of,the_house (the),right and,by,stairs went_up on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the_middle,[chamber] and=from the_middle,[chamber] to/towards the,thirty )

The author is using the term shoulder to mean the side of the house or temple. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [was on the side of the temple at the right, near the front]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אֶל־כֶּ֥תֶף הַ⁠בַּ֖יִת הַ⁠יְמָנִ֑ית

to/towards to/towards (Some words not found in UHB: entrance_of the=rib/plank (the),middle to/towards side_of of,the_house (the),right and,by,stairs went_up on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the_middle,[chamber] and=from the_middle,[chamber] to/towards the,thirty )

The author is speaking of directions in the way characteristic of his culture. He does not mean that if someone were standing in front of the temple, facing the porch, that this entrance would be on that person’s right. Instead, people of this culture spoke of directions as if a person were facing east, toward the sunrise. The south would be to the right of such a person. So the author means that this entrance was on the south side of the temple. (It was actually on the left of a person who was standing in front of the temple, facing the porch.) Alternate translation: [was on the south side of the temple, near the front]

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

וּ⁠בְ⁠לוּלִּ֗ים יַֽעֲלוּ֙

(Some words not found in UHB: entrance_of the=rib/plank (the),middle to/towards side_of of,the_house (the),right and,by,stairs went_up on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the_middle,[chamber] and=from the_middle,[chamber] to/towards the,thirty )

Here the author is using the pronoun they in a general sense, not to refer to specific individuals. Use an expression for this that would be natural in your language. Alternate translation: [and people went up] or [and the priests went up]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

עַל־הַ⁠תִּ֣יכֹנָ֔ה וּ⁠מִן־הַ⁠תִּֽיכֹנָ֖ה אֶל־הַ⁠שְּׁלִשִֽׁים

on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (Some words not found in UHB: entrance_of the=rib/plank (the),middle to/towards side_of of,the_house (the),right and,by,stairs went_up on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the_middle,[chamber] and=from the_middle,[chamber] to/towards the,thirty )

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: [onto the middle floor, and they also went up by stairs from the middle floor to the third floor]