OET interlinear 1 KI 8:16

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

מִן־הַ⁠יּ֗וֹם אֲשֶׁ֨ר הוֹצֵ֜אתִי אֶת־עַמִּ֣⁠י & יִשְׂרָאֵל֮ מִ⁠מִּצְרַיִם֒ לֹֽא־בָחַ֣רְתִּי בְ⁠עִ֗יר מִ⁠כֹּל֙ שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לִ⁠בְנ֣וֹת בַּ֔יִת לִ⁠הְי֥וֹת שְׁמִ֖⁠י שָׁ֑ם וָ⁠אֶבְחַ֣ר בְּ⁠דָוִ֔ד לִֽ⁠הְי֖וֹת עַל־עַמִּ֥⁠י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

from/more_than the=day (Some words not found in UHB: from/more_than the=day which/who brought_~_out DOM people_of,my DOM Yisrael from=Miʦrayim/(Egypt) not chosen (in)_a,city from=all tribes_of Yisrael to,build house to=be name_of,my there and,I_have_chosen (in),David to=be on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in people_of,my Yisrael )

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [that from the day when he brought out his people Israel from Egypt, he did not choose a city from all of the tribes of Israel to build a house for his name to be there. But he did choose David to be over his people Israel]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

הַ⁠יּ֗וֹם

the=day

Yahweh is using the term day to refer to a specific time. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the time]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

בְ⁠עִ֗יר מִ⁠כֹּל֙ שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל לִ⁠בְנ֣וֹת בַּ֔יִת

(in)_a,city (Some words not found in UHB: from/more_than the=day which/who brought_~_out DOM people_of,my DOM Yisrael from=Miʦrayim/(Egypt) not chosen (in)_a,city from=all tribes_of Yisrael to,build house to=be name_of,my there and,I_have_chosen (in),David to=be on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in people_of,my Yisrael )

Yahweh is not speaking of a city that would build a house for him. He is speaking of a city where such a temple would be located. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [a city from all of the tribes of Israel in which to have a temple built]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מִ⁠כֹּל֙ שִׁבְטֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל

(Some words not found in UHB: from/more_than the=day which/who brought_~_out DOM people_of,my DOM Yisrael from=Miʦrayim/(Egypt) not chosen (in)_a,city from=all tribes_of Yisrael to,build house to=be name_of,my there and,I_have_chosen (in),David to=be on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in people_of,my Yisrael )

Here, tribes represents the territories in which the tribes lived. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [from anywhere within the territory of Israel]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לִ⁠הְי֥וֹת שְׁמִ֖⁠י שָׁ֑ם

to=be (Some words not found in UHB: from/more_than the=day which/who brought_~_out DOM people_of,my DOM Yisrael from=Miʦrayim/(Egypt) not chosen (in)_a,city from=all tribes_of Yisrael to,build house to=be name_of,my there and,I_have_chosen (in),David to=be on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in people_of,my Yisrael )

To translate this expression and the similar ones in the rest of this chapter, see how you translated the similar expression in 3:2. Alternate translation: [for people to worship me there] or [to make my reputation known there]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

וָ⁠אֶבְחַ֣ר בְּ⁠דָוִ֔ד

and,I_have_chosen (Some words not found in UHB: from/more_than the=day which/who brought_~_out DOM people_of,my DOM Yisrael from=Miʦrayim/(Egypt) not chosen (in)_a,city from=all tribes_of Yisrael to,build house to=be name_of,my there and,I_have_chosen (in),David to=be on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in people_of,my Yisrael )

Yahweh was speaking of David in the third person, even though he was addressing him directly. That is because he was making a proclamation similar to the one in 2:45. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this in the second person. Alternate translation: [But I chose you, David]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לִֽ⁠הְי֖וֹת עַל־עַמִּ֥⁠י יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

to=be on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (Some words not found in UHB: from/more_than the=day which/who brought_~_out DOM people_of,my DOM Yisrael from=Miʦrayim/(Egypt) not chosen (in)_a,city from=all tribes_of Yisrael to,build house to=be name_of,my there and,I_have_chosen (in),David to=be on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in people_of,my Yisrael )

See how you translated the similar expression in 4:4. Alternate translation: [to rule my people Israel]