OET interlinear 1 KI 7:26

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-bdistance

טֶ֔פַח

handbreadth

A handbreadth was a unit of measurement corresponding to the width of a man’s hand measured across the palm, or about eight centimeters or about three and a half inches. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could express this width in modern measurements, either in the text of your translation or in a footnote.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וּ⁠שְׂפָת֛⁠וֹ כְּ⁠מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה שְׂפַת־כּ֖וֹס פֶּ֣רַח שׁוֹשָׁ֑ן

(Some words not found in UHB: and,thickness_of,its handbreadth and,lip_of,its [was]_like_[the],work_of language_of cup blossom_of lily two_thousand daughter_of held )

This could mean: (1) that the shape of the lip or brim of the sea was like the shape of the lip or edge of a cup and like the shape of the blossom of a lily. Alternate translation: [and the brim of the sea was shaped like the edge of a cup and like the blossom of a lily] or (2) that the shape of the lip or brim of the sea was like the shape of the lip or edge of a cup and that it had decorations in the shape of the blossom of a lily. Alternate translation: [and the brim of the sea was shaped like the edge of a cup, and it had lily blossoms as decorations]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

וּ⁠שְׂפָת֛⁠וֹ כְּ⁠מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה שְׂפַת־כּ֖וֹס פֶּ֣רַח שׁוֹשָׁ֑ן

(Some words not found in UHB: and,thickness_of,its handbreadth and,lip_of,its [was]_like_[the],work_of language_of cup blossom_of lily two_thousand daughter_of held )

The point of this comparison is that just as the lip of a cup and the blossom of a lily curve outward, so the lip or brim of the sea curved outward. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [and its brim was fashioned to curve outward, like the edge of a cup and like a lily blossom]

Note 4 topic: translate-bvolume

אַלְפַּ֥יִם בַּ֖ת יָכִֽיל

(Some words not found in UHB: and,thickness_of,its handbreadth and,lip_of,its [was]_like_[the],work_of language_of cup blossom_of lily two_thousand daughter_of held )

These baths were each equivalent to 22 liters or nearly six gallons. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could express this in terms of modern measurements, either in the text or in a footnote.