OET interlinear 2 KI 18:33

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

הַ⁠הַצֵּ֥ל הִצִּ֛ילוּ אֱלֹהֵ֥י הַ⁠גּוֹיִ֖ם אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־אַרְצ֑⁠וֹ מִ⁠יַּ֖ד מֶ֥לֶךְ אַשּֽׁוּר

(Some words not found in UHB: ever,(deliver)? delivered gods_of the=nations (a)_man DOM land_of,its from,the_hand_of king ʼAshshūr )

The king of Assyria is using the question form for emphasis. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: [None of the gods of the nations actually delivered the land where people worshiped it from the hand of the king of Assyria!]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

הַ⁠הַצֵּ֥ל הִצִּ֛ילוּ אֱלֹהֵ֥י הַ⁠גּוֹיִ֖ם אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־אַרְצ֑⁠וֹ מִ⁠יַּ֖ד מֶ֥לֶךְ אַשּֽׁוּר

(Some words not found in UHB: ever,(deliver)? delivered gods_of the=nations (a)_man DOM land_of,its from,the_hand_of king ʼAshshūr )

If you have decided to translate all of this long quotation in such a way that there will not be quotations within quotations, you can continue doing that in this verse. Alternate translation: [The king tells you to consider that none of the gods of the nations has delivered its land from the hand of the king of Assyria]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / reduplication

הַ⁠הַצֵּ֥ל הִצִּ֛ילוּ אֱלֹהֵ֥י הַ⁠גּוֹיִ֖ם

(Some words not found in UHB: ever,(deliver)? delivered gods_of the=nations (a)_man DOM land_of,its from,the_hand_of king ʼAshshūr )

The king is repeating forms of the verb deliver in order to intensify his expression of the idea that it conveys. If your language can repeat words for intensification, it would be appropriate to do that here in your translation. If not, your language may have another way of expressing the intensification. Alternate translation: [Did the gods of the nations actually deliver]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

הִצִּ֛ילוּ אֱלֹהֵ֥י הַ⁠גּוֹיִ֖ם אִ֣ישׁ אֶת־אַרְצ֑⁠וֹ

(Some words not found in UHB: ever,(deliver)? delivered gods_of the=nations (a)_man DOM land_of,its from,the_hand_of king ʼAshshūr )

The king is not suggesting that each of these gods is a man at best. He is using a common expression of this culture. See how you translated the similar expressions in [3:23](../03/23.md) and, in this context, [18:31](../18/31.md). Alternate translation: [did the gods of the nations deliver, any of them, its land] or [did any of the gods of the nations deliver its land]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מִ⁠יַּ֖ד מֶ֥לֶךְ אַשּֽׁוּר

(Some words not found in UHB: ever,(deliver)? delivered gods_of the=nations (a)_man DOM land_of,its from,the_hand_of king ʼAshshūr )

See how you translated the similar expression in [3:10](../03/10.md). Alternate translation: [from the power of the king of Assyria and similarly in the next two verses]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

מִ⁠יַּ֖ד מֶ֥לֶךְ אַשּֽׁוּר

(Some words not found in UHB: ever,(deliver)? delivered gods_of the=nations (a)_man DOM land_of,its from,the_hand_of king ʼAshshūr )

The king of Assyria is speaking of himself in the third person because he is making a triumphant declaration. (The expression “my hand” in verses 34 and 35 is equivalent in this context.) If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this in the first person. Alternate translation: [from my hand]