OET interlinear 2 KI 12:1

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-participants

בִּ⁠שְׁנַת־שֶׁ֤בַע לְ⁠יֵהוּא֙ מָלַ֣ךְ יְהוֹאָ֔שׁ וְ⁠אַרְבָּעִ֣ים שָׁנָ֔ה מָלַ֖ךְ בִּ⁠ירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְ⁠שֵׁ֣ם אִמּ֔⁠וֹ צִבְיָ֖ה מִ⁠בְּאֵ֥ר שָֽׁבַע

(Some words not found in UHB: in=year seven of,Jehu became_king Yəhōʼāsh/(Jehoash) and,forty year reigned in,Jerusalem and=name_of his/its=mother Zibiah from,Beer- -sheⱱaˊ )

In this verse and the next two verses, the author is introducing Joash as a participant in the story as the new king of Judah. To translate this verse, see how you translated the similar expressions in 8:16.

Note 2 topic: translate-ordinal

בִּ⁠שְׁנַת־שֶׁ֤בַע לְ⁠יֵהוּא֙

(Some words not found in UHB: in=year seven of,Jehu became_king Yəhōʼāsh/(Jehoash) and,forty year reigned in,Jerusalem and=name_of his/its=mother Zibiah from,Beer- -sheⱱaˊ )

If your language would not represent a number in a form such as seven, you could represent this number in a form that your language would use. Alternate translation: [In the seventh year of Jehu’s reign]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

צִבְיָ֖ה מִ⁠בְּאֵ֥ר שָֽׁבַע

Zibiah (Some words not found in UHB: in=year seven of,Jehu became_king Yəhōʼāsh/(Jehoash) and,forty year reigned in,Jerusalem and=name_of his/its=mother Zibiah from,Beer- -sheⱱaˊ )

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: [was Zibiah, and she was from Beersheba]