InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse 2 Ki C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25
2 Ki 1 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Elijah (KI1 17:1)
OET-LV And_they_said to_him/it a_man_of an_owner_of hair and_a_loincloth_of hide was_girded on_loins_of_his and_he_said was_ʼĒliyyāh the_Tishbiy that.
OET (OET-RV) “He had a cloak made of animal hair,” they answered, “and was wearing a leather belt.”
¶ “Ah,” said the king. “That’s Eliyah from Tishbeh.”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
אִ֚ישׁ בַּ֣עַל שֵׂעָ֔ר
(a)_man (Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said to=him/it (a)_man owner_of hairy and,a_loincloth_of skin/leather girded on,loins_of,his and,he_said ʼĒliyyāh the,Tishbite he/it )
This could mean: (1) that Elijah wore a garment made of untanned animal skin with the hair outward. Alternate translation: [The man was wearing a hairy coat] or (2) that Elijah had long hair and a long beard. Alternate translation: [The man had long hair and a long beard]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
וְאֵז֥וֹר ע֖וֹר אָז֣וּר בְּמָתְנָ֑יו
and,a_loincloth_of skin/leather girded (Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said to=him/it (a)_man owner_of hairy and,a_loincloth_of skin/leather girded on,loins_of,his and,he_said ʼĒliyyāh the,Tishbite he/it )
The expression was tied is a passive verbal form. If it would be unnatural to use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [and he was wearing a leather belt around his waist]
OET-LV And_they_said to_him/it a_man_of an_owner_of hair and_a_loincloth_of hide was_girded on_loins_of_his and_he_said was_ʼĒliyyāh the_Tishbiy that.
OET (OET-RV) “He had a cloak made of animal hair,” they answered, “and was wearing a leather belt.”
¶ “Ah,” said the king. “That’s Eliyah from Tishbeh.”
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.
Acknowledgements: The Hebrew text, lemmas, and morphology are all thanks to the OSHB and some of the glosses are from Macula Hebrew.