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OET (OET-LV) And_ YHWH _he/it_said to_him/it I_have_heard DOM prayer_of_your and_DOM plea_of_your which you_have_sought_favour to/for_my_face/front I_have_consecrated DOM the_house the_this which you_have_built by_putting name_of_my there until perpetuity and_they_will_be eyes_of_my and_heart_of_my there all_of the_days.
OET (OET-RV) and said, “I’ve heard your prayer and your plea for favour requested from me. I’ve declared that this residence that you built is holy by associating my name with it forever, and my eyes and my heart will constantly be there.[fn]
9:3 ‘my eyes and my heart’: many translations have something like ‘my presence’, but we’ve left it literal here for the reader to interpret rather than oversimplifying what we don’t necessarily understand.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet
your prayer and your request
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said YHWH to=him/it I_heard DOM prayer_of,your and=DOM plea_of,your which/who made to/for=my=face/front consecrated DOM the,house the=this which/who built by,putting name_of,my there until ever and=they_will_be eyes_of,my and,heart_of,my there all/each/any/every the=days )
The words “prayer” and “request” mean basically the same thing and emphasize that Yahweh recognized that Solomon’s request was sincere. See how you translated similar words in 1 Kings 8:28. Alternate translation: “your request”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
to put my name there forever
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said YHWH to=him/it I_heard DOM prayer_of,your and=DOM plea_of,your which/who made to/for=my=face/front consecrated DOM the,house the=this which/who built by,putting name_of,my there until ever and=they_will_be eyes_of,my and,heart_of,my there all/each/any/every the=days )
The name is a metonym for the person. Alternate translation: “to dwell there and to claim possession of it forever”
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
My eyes and my heart will be there
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said YHWH to=him/it I_heard DOM prayer_of,your and=DOM plea_of,your which/who made to/for=my=face/front consecrated DOM the,house the=this which/who built by,putting name_of,my there until ever and=they_will_be eyes_of,my and,heart_of,my there all/each/any/every the=days )
The eyes and heart are synecdoche for the whole person. Alternate translation: “I will protect and care for it”
9:3-9 The Lord answered Solomon’s prayer by reviewing the conditions of the covenant. Obedience would bring prosperity and the Lord’s blessing; disobedience could mean utter disaster, including destruction of the city and Temple, and deportation of God’s people (see Deut 28:36-37, 63-68). Although God’s covenant was irrevocable, receiving its blessings depended upon faithfulness to its terms (Ps 89:24-37).
OET (OET-LV) And_ YHWH _he/it_said to_him/it I_have_heard DOM prayer_of_your and_DOM plea_of_your which you_have_sought_favour to/for_my_face/front I_have_consecrated DOM the_house the_this which you_have_built by_putting name_of_my there until perpetuity and_they_will_be eyes_of_my and_heart_of_my there all_of the_days.
OET (OET-RV) and said, “I’ve heard your prayer and your plea for favour requested from me. I’ve declared that this residence that you built is holy by associating my name with it forever, and my eyes and my heart will constantly be there.[fn]
9:3 ‘my eyes and my heart’: many translations have something like ‘my presence’, but we’ve left it literal here for the reader to interpret rather than oversimplifying what we don’t necessarily understand.
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.