OET interlinear 2 KI 11:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-kinship

אֲח֨וֹת אֲחַזְיָ֜הוּ

sister_of ʼAḩaz\sup_yāh

By specifying that Jehosheba was the daughter of King Joram but not saying that she was also the daughter of Athaliah, as Ahaziah was, the author is indicating that Jehosheba and Ahaziah had the same father but not the same mother. Your language may have its own term or expression for this relationship. Alternate translation: [the half-sister of Ahaziah]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

הַמּ֣וּמָתִ֔ים

(Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_took Yəhōsheⱱaˊ/(Jehosheba) daughter_of of,the_king Yəhōrām/(Joram) sister_of ʼAḩaz^yāh DOM Yōʼāsh/(Joash) son_of ʼAḩaz^yāh and,she_stole DOM=him/it from,among_of sons_of the=king the, DOM=him/it and=DOM nurse_of,his in,the_chamber_of of,the_beds and,they_hid DOM=him/it from=face/in_front_of ˊAtal^yāh and=not killed )

The expression being killed is a passive verbal form. If your language would not use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that would be natural in your language. Alternate translation: [whom Athaliah’s soldiers were killing]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

בַּ⁠חֲדַ֣ר הַ⁠מִּטּ֑וֹת

(Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_took Yəhōsheⱱaˊ/(Jehosheba) daughter_of of,the_king Yəhōrām/(Joram) sister_of ʼAḩaz^yāh DOM Yōʼāsh/(Joash) son_of ʼAḩaz^yāh and,she_stole DOM=him/it from,among_of sons_of the=king the, DOM=him/it and=DOM nurse_of,his in,the_chamber_of of,the_beds and,they_hid DOM=him/it from=face/in_front_of ˊAtal^yāh and=not killed )

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: [and hid them in the room of the beds]

Note 4 topic: translate-unknown

בַּ⁠חֲדַ֣ר הַ⁠מִּטּ֑וֹת

(Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_took Yəhōsheⱱaˊ/(Jehosheba) daughter_of of,the_king Yəhōrām/(Joram) sister_of ʼAḩaz^yāh DOM Yōʼāsh/(Joash) son_of ʼAḩaz^yāh and,she_stole DOM=him/it from,among_of sons_of the=king the, DOM=him/it and=DOM nurse_of,his in,the_chamber_of of,the_beds and,they_hid DOM=him/it from=face/in_front_of ˊAtal^yāh and=not killed )

The room of the beds was not a bedroom in which someone would sleep. Athaliah would have had her soldiers search every bedroom thoroughly to look for members of the royal family. The phrase describes a storeroom in the palace for bed cushions and blankets, where the soldiers did not think to look. If your readers would not recognize the nature of this room from the phrase the room of the beds, you could use the name of a similar kind of room that your readers would recognize, or you could use a more general term. Alternate translation: [in the palace storeroom for bedding]

Note 5 topic: writing-pronouns

וַ⁠יַּסְתִּ֧רוּ אֹת֛⁠וֹ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_took Yəhōsheⱱaˊ/(Jehosheba) daughter_of of,the_king Yəhōrām/(Joram) sister_of ʼAḩaz^yāh DOM Yōʼāsh/(Joash) son_of ʼAḩaz^yāh and,she_stole DOM=him/it from,among_of sons_of the=king the, DOM=him/it and=DOM nurse_of,his in,the_chamber_of of,the_beds and,they_hid DOM=him/it from=face/in_front_of ˊAtal^yāh and=not killed )

The author does not say specifically whom he means by they, but the later events in the story suggest that he means the priests in Yahweh’s temple. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [And the priests hid him in the temple]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

מִ⁠פְּנֵ֥י עֲתַלְיָ֖הוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_took Yəhōsheⱱaˊ/(Jehosheba) daughter_of of,the_king Yəhōrām/(Joram) sister_of ʼAḩaz^yāh DOM Yōʼāsh/(Joash) son_of ʼAḩaz^yāh and,she_stole DOM=him/it from,among_of sons_of the=king the, DOM=him/it and=DOM nurse_of,his in,the_chamber_of of,the_beds and,they_hid DOM=him/it from=face/in_front_of ˊAtal^yāh and=not killed )

The author is using one part of Athaliah, her face, to mean all of her in the act of trying to kill all of Ahaziah’s sons. See how you translated the similar expression in 1:15. Alternate translation: [from Athaliah]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וְ⁠לֹ֥א הוּמָֽת

and=not killed

The expression was not killed contains a passive verbal form. If your language would not use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that would be natural in your language. Alternate translation: [so no one killed him]