InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse 1 Ki C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22
1 Ki 8 V1 V4 V7 V10 V13 V16 V19 V22 V25 V28 V31 V34 V37 V40 V43 V46 V49 V52 V55 V58 V61 V64
People tagged in the matching LV passage: God
OET-LV If/because people_of_your it_will_go_forth for_battle on enemy_of_its by_way which you_will_send_them and_they_will_pray to YHWH the_direction_of the_city which you_have_chosen (in)_it and_the_house which I_have_built for_name_of_your.
OET (OET-RV) “When your people go out to battle against the enemy, and on the road where you sent them they pray to you Yahweh, in this city that you’ve chosen, with this house that I’ve built for your honour,
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
בַּדֶּ֖רֶךְ אֲשֶׁ֣ר תִּשְׁלָחֵ֑ם & אֶל
(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when go_out people_of,your for,battle on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in enemy_of,its by,way which/who you,will_send_them and,they_will_pray to/towards YHWH road/way_of the=city which/who chosen (in),it and,the,house which/who built for,name_of,your )
Solomon is speaking as if Yahweh would actually send the Israelite army out in a specific direction or way. He means that Yahweh would direct them to fight a specific enemy at a specific time and the Israelites would obey him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [in obedience to you]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
דֶּ֤רֶךְ
(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when go_out people_of,your for,battle on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in enemy_of,its by,way which/who you,will_send_them and,they_will_pray to/towards YHWH road/way_of the=city which/who chosen (in),it and,the,house which/who built for,name_of,your )
By in the way of, Solomon means in the direction of. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [in the direction of]
OET-LV If/because people_of_your it_will_go_forth for_battle on enemy_of_its by_way which you_will_send_them and_they_will_pray to YHWH the_direction_of the_city which you_have_chosen (in)_it and_the_house which I_have_built for_name_of_your.
OET (OET-RV) “When your people go out to battle against the enemy, and on the road where you sent them they pray to you Yahweh, in this city that you’ve chosen, with this house that I’ve built for your honour,
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.