OET interlinear 2 KI 1:17

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

וַ⁠יִּמְלֹ֤ךְ יְהוֹרָם֙ תַּחְתָּ֔י⁠ו & בִּ⁠שְׁנַ֣ת שְׁתַּ֔יִם לִ⁠יהוֹרָ֥ם בֶּן־יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה כִּ֛י לֹֽא־הָ֥יָה ל֖⁠וֹ בֵּֽן

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_died according,to_the_word_of YHWH which/who he/it_had_said ʼĒliy^yāh and,he_became_king Yəhōrām/(Joram) in,place_of_him in=year two of,Jehoram son_of Yəhōshāfāţ/(Jehoshaphat) king Yehuda that/for/because/then/when not it_became to=him/it son )

If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the result that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: [And because a son was not to him, Jehoram reigned in his place in the year of two to Jehoram, the son of Jehoshaphat, king of Judah]

Note 2 topic: writing-participants

וַ⁠יִּמְלֹ֤ךְ יְהוֹרָם֙ תַּחְתָּ֔י⁠ו & בִּ⁠שְׁנַ֣ת שְׁתַּ֔יִם לִ⁠יהוֹרָ֥ם בֶּן־יְהוֹשָׁפָ֖ט מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_died according,to_the_word_of YHWH which/who he/it_had_said ʼĒliy^yāh and,he_became_king Yəhōrām/(Joram) in,place_of_him in=year two of,Jehoram son_of Yəhōshāfāţ/(Jehoshaphat) king Yehuda that/for/because/then/when not it_became to=him/it son )

The author is introducing Jehoram as a participant in the story as the new king of Israel. His characteristic method throughout this book, as shown here, is to refer to a year in the reign of the king of one kingdom, Israel or Judah, in order to identify when a king of the other kingdom began to reign. If you have already translated the book of 1 Kings, see how you translated the same kind of introduction in [1 Kings 15:1](../1ki/15/01.md) and similar instances throughout that book.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

יְהוֹרָם֙

Yəhōrām/(Joram)

The author describes Jehoram in [8:16](../08/16.md) (where he calls him “Joram”) as “the son of Ahab.” This means that Jehoram was Ahaziah’s younger brother. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [his younger brother Jehoram]

Note 4 topic: translate-ordinal

בִּ⁠שְׁנַ֣ת שְׁתַּ֔יִם לִ⁠יהוֹרָ֥ם

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_died according,to_the_word_of YHWH which/who he/it_had_said ʼĒliy^yāh and,he_became_king Yəhōrām/(Joram) in,place_of_him in=year two of,Jehoram son_of Yəhōshāfāţ/(Jehoshaphat) king Yehuda that/for/because/then/when not it_became to=him/it son )

If your language would not describe a year of a king’s reign in a form such as the year of two, you could represent this year in a form that your language would use. Alternate translation: [in the second year of Jehoram]