OET interlinear 2 KI 13:7

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

כִּ֣י

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when not left to,Jehoahaz army that/for/because/then/when if fifty horsemen and,ten chariots and,ten_of thousand footmen that/for/because/then/when he,had_destroyed_them king ʼArām and,he,had_made_them like,dust to,trample )

Here the word For introduces an explanation for what the author describes Yahweh doing in verses 4 and 5. Alternate translation: [Yahweh sent a savior to Israel because]

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

לֹא֩ הִשְׁאִ֨יר לִ⁠יהוֹאָחָ֜ז עָ֗ם כִּ֣י אִם־חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים פָּֽרָשִׁים֙ וַ⁠עֲשָׂ֣רָה רֶ֔כֶב וַ⁠עֲשֶׂ֥רֶת אֲלָפִ֖ים רַגְלִ֑י כִּ֤י אִבְּדָ⁠ם֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ אֲרָ֔ם

not (Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when not left to,Jehoahaz army that/for/because/then/when if fifty horsemen and,ten chariots and,ten_of thousand footmen that/for/because/then/when he,had_destroyed_them king ʼArām and,he,had_made_them like,dust to,trample )

The pronoun he refers to the king of Aram. If it would be clearer in your language, you could name the king in the earlier part of the sentence and use the pronoun in the later part of the sentence. Alternate translation: [the king of Aram did not leave people to Jehoahaz except 50 horsemen and 10 chariots and 10,000 foot soldiers, for he destroyed them]

Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-exceptions

לֹא֩ הִשְׁאִ֨יר לִ⁠יהוֹאָחָ֜ז עָ֗ם כִּ֣י אִם־חֲמִשִּׁ֤ים פָּֽרָשִׁים֙ וַ⁠עֲשָׂ֣רָה רֶ֔כֶב וַ⁠עֲשֶׂ֥רֶת אֲלָפִ֖ים רַגְלִ֑י

not (Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when not left to,Jehoahaz army that/for/because/then/when if fifty horsemen and,ten chariots and,ten_of thousand footmen that/for/because/then/when he,had_destroyed_them king ʼArām and,he,had_made_them like,dust to,trample )

If it would appear in your language that the author was making a statement and then contradicting it, you could reword this as a positive statement. Alternate translation: [the only people he left to Jehoahaz were 50 horsemen and 10 chariots and 10,000 foot soldiers]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

עָ֗ם

army

See how you translated the similar expression in [8:21](../08/21.md). Alternate translation: [soldiers]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וַ⁠יְשִׂמֵ֥⁠ם כֶּֽ⁠עָפָ֖ר לָ⁠דֻֽשׁ

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when not left to,Jehoahaz army that/for/because/then/when if fifty horsemen and,ten chariots and,ten_of thousand footmen that/for/because/then/when he,had_destroyed_them king ʼArām and,he,had_made_them like,dust to,trample )

The author is using the word threshing to represent “trampling,” since the way people threshed grain in this culture was to have oxen trample it. Alternate translation: [and he made them like dust that people trample on]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

וַ⁠יְשִׂמֵ֥⁠ם כֶּֽ⁠עָפָ֖ר לָ⁠דֻֽשׁ

(Some words not found in UHB: that/for/because/then/when not left to,Jehoahaz army that/for/because/then/when if fifty horsemen and,ten chariots and,ten_of thousand footmen that/for/because/then/when he,had_destroyed_them king ʼArām and,he,had_made_them like,dust to,trample )

The point of this comparison is that just as dust is harmless and people can step on it easily, so the king of Aram defeated Israel’s army so completely that it became harmless and easy for anyone to defeat. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [and rendered them harmless] or [and rendered them completely vulnerable]