OET interlinear 2 KI 23:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo

וַ⁠יַּ֣עַל הַ⁠מֶּ֣לֶךְ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_ascended the=king house_of YHWH and=all (a)_man Yehuda and=all inhabitants_of Yerushalayim with=him/it and,the,priests and,the,prophets and=all the,people (to)_from,[the],small and=unto big/great and=he/it_called in,ears_of,their DOM all/each/any/every words_of writing of,the_covenant [which,had_been]_found in=house_of YHWH )

See how you translated the similar expression in [1:3](../01/03.md). Alternate translation: [And the king went]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בֵּית־יְהוָ֡ה

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_ascended the=king house_of YHWH and=all (a)_man Yehuda and=all inhabitants_of Yerushalayim with=him/it and,the,priests and,the,prophets and=all the,people (to)_from,[the],small and=unto big/great and=he/it_called in,ears_of,their DOM all/each/any/every words_of writing of,the_covenant [which,had_been]_found in=house_of YHWH )

See how you translated the similar expression in [5:18](../05/18.md). Alternate translation: [to the temple of Yahweh]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

וְ⁠כָל־אִ֣ישׁ יְהוּדָה֩ וְ⁠כָל־יֹשְׁבֵ֨י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם

and=all (a)_man Yehuda and=all and=all (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_ascended the=king house_of YHWH and=all (a)_man Yehuda and=all inhabitants_of Yerushalayim with=him/it and,the,priests and,the,prophets and=all the,people (to)_from,[the],small and=unto big/great and=he/it_called in,ears_of,their DOM all/each/any/every words_of writing of,the_covenant [which,had_been]_found in=house_of YHWH )

The author is saying every and all as an overstatement for emphasis. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different way to express the emphasis. Alternate translation: [and people from throughout Judah and the various parts of Jerusalem]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

וְ⁠כָל־אִ֣ישׁ יְהוּדָה֩

and=all (a)_man Yehuda

Here the masculine term man has a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use language in your translation that is clearly inclusive of both men and women. Alternate translation: [and every man and woman of Judah]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / merism

וְ⁠כָל־הָ⁠עָ֖ם לְ⁠מִ⁠קָּטֹ֣ן וְ⁠עַד־גָּד֑וֹל

and=all and=all and=all the,people (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_ascended the=king house_of YHWH and=all (a)_man Yehuda and=all inhabitants_of Yerushalayim with=him/it and,the,priests and,the,prophets and=all the,people (to)_from,[the],small and=unto big/great and=he/it_called in,ears_of,their DOM all/each/any/every words_of writing of,the_covenant [which,had_been]_found in=house_of YHWH )

The author is providing a further description of the crowd of people from Judah and Jerusalem who gathered at the temple. By naming two extremes, small and great (poor and rich, or ordinary and powerful, or young and old), he means those extremes and everything in between. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [including people from a wide range of ages and classes]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בְ⁠אָזְנֵי⁠הֶ֗ם

in,ears_of,their

See how you translated the similar expression in [18:26](../18/26.md). Alternate translation: [in their hearing]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

הַ⁠נִּמְצָ֖א

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_ascended the=king house_of YHWH and=all (a)_man Yehuda and=all inhabitants_of Yerushalayim with=him/it and,the,priests and,the,prophets and=all the,people (to)_from,[the],small and=unto big/great and=he/it_called in,ears_of,their DOM all/each/any/every words_of writing of,the_covenant [which,had_been]_found in=house_of YHWH )

The expression having been found is a passive verbal form. If your language would not use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that would be natural in your language. Alternate translation: [that Hilkiah had found]