OET interlinear 2 KI 11:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-ordinal

וּ⁠בַ⁠שָּׁנָ֣ה הַ֠⁠שְּׁבִיעִית

(Some words not found in UHB: and,in,year (the),seventh Shalah Yəhōyādāˊ/(Jehoiada) and=he/it_took DOM commanders_of of,the_hundreds of,Carian[s] and,of,runners and=he/it_brought DOM=them to=him/it house_of YHWH and,he_made to/for=them covenant and,he_made_to_swear_an_oath DOM=them in=house_of YHWH and=he/it_saw DOM=them DOM son_of of,the_king )

If your language would not represent a number in a form such as seventh, you could represent this number in a form that your language would use. Alternate translation: [And in year seven] or [And in the next year]

Note 2 topic: writing-participants

יְהוֹיָדָ֜ע

Yəhōyādāˊ/(Jehoiada)

Jehoiada participates in the story for the first time here, but the author does not introduce him formally. This may be because the author assumed that his readers would know that Jehoiada was the high priest at this time. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could include this information. Alternate translation: [the high priest Jehoiada]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

לַ⁠כָּרִי֙

(Some words not found in UHB: and,in,year (the),seventh Shalah Yəhōyādāˊ/(Jehoiada) and=he/it_took DOM commanders_of of,the_hundreds of,Carian[s] and,of,runners and=he/it_brought DOM=them to=him/it house_of YHWH and,he_made to/for=them covenant and,he_made_to_swear_an_oath DOM=them in=house_of YHWH and=he/it_saw DOM=them DOM son_of of,the_king )

The author is not referring to a specific Carite. He means the Carites in general. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use an expression that would be more natural in your language. Alternate translation: [of the Carites]

Note 4 topic: translate-names

לַ⁠כָּרִי֙

(Some words not found in UHB: and,in,year (the),seventh Shalah Yəhōyādāˊ/(Jehoiada) and=he/it_took DOM commanders_of of,the_hundreds of,Carian[s] and,of,runners and=he/it_brought DOM=them to=him/it house_of YHWH and,he_made to/for=them covenant and,he_made_to_swear_an_oath DOM=them in=house_of YHWH and=he/it_saw DOM=them DOM son_of of,the_king )

The word Carite could be: (1) a shorter form of the name “Cherethite,” describing a member of the royal bodyguard that is mentioned several times in 2 Samuel and 1 Kings. Alternate translation: [of the Cherethites] or (2) the name of a people group whose soldiers the kings of Judah hired as palace guards. Alternate translation: [of the Carite guards]

Note 5 topic: translate-unknown

וְ⁠לָ֣⁠רָצִ֔ים

and,of,runners

See how you decided to translate this term in [10:25](../10/25.md).

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וַ⁠יִּכְרֹת֩ & בְּרִ֜ית

(Some words not found in UHB: and,in,year (the),seventh Shalah Yəhōyādāˊ/(Jehoiada) and=he/it_took DOM commanders_of of,the_hundreds of,Carian[s] and,of,runners and=he/it_brought DOM=them to=him/it house_of YHWH and,he_made to/for=them covenant and,he_made_to_swear_an_oath DOM=them in=house_of YHWH and=he/it_saw DOM=them DOM son_of of,the_king )

The author is using cut a covenant as a common expression of his culture to mean “made a covenant.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. If you have already translated the book of 1 Kings, see how you translated the same expression in [1 Kings 5:12](../1ki/05/12.md). Alternate translation: [And he made a covenant]