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 C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24
2 Ki 25 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Zedekiah (KI2 24:17)
Places tagged in the matching LV passage: Babylon
OET-LV And_DOM the_sons_of Tsidqiyyāh/(Zedekiah) they_slaughtered to_eyes_of_his and_DOM the_eyes_of Tsidqiyyāh he_made_blind and_he_bound_him with_(the)_fetters and_he_brought_him Bāⱱel.
OET (OET-RV) He was forced to watch as his sons were slaughtered, then his eyes were gouged out and he was taken to Bavel (Babylon) restrained with two bronze chains.
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
וְאֶת־בְּנֵי֙ & שָׁחֲט֖וּ
and=DOM and=DOM (Some words not found in UHB: and=DOM sons_of Tsidqiyyāh/(Zedekiah) slaughtered to,eyes_of,his and=DOM both_eyes_of Tsidqiyyāh/(Zedekiah) put_out and,he,bound_him with_(the),fetters and,he,brought_him Bāⱱel )
The pronoun they refers to Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [And Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers slaughtered]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
לְעֵינָ֑יו
to,eyes_of,his
Here, eyes represent “sight.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [in his sight]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche
וְאֶת־עֵינֵ֤י & עִוֵּ֔ר וַיַּאַסְרֵ֨הוּ֙ & וַיְבִאֵ֖הוּ
and=DOM and=DOM both_eyes_of & (Some words not found in UHB: and=DOM sons_of Tsidqiyyāh/(Zedekiah) slaughtered to,eyes_of,his and=DOM both_eyes_of Tsidqiyyāh/(Zedekiah) put_out and,he,bound_him with_(the),fetters and,he,brought_him Bāⱱel )
The author is using one person who was involved in doing these things, Nebuchadnezzar, who commanded them, to mean everyone who was involved. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use plural pronouns, which would refer back to Nebuchadnezzar’s soldiers. Alternate translation: [And they blinded … and they bound him … and they brought him]
OET-LV And_DOM the_sons_of Tsidqiyyāh/(Zedekiah) they_slaughtered to_eyes_of_his and_DOM the_eyes_of Tsidqiyyāh he_made_blind and_he_bound_him with_(the)_fetters and_he_brought_him Bāⱱel.
OET (OET-RV) He was forced to watch as his sons were slaughtered, then his eyes were gouged out and he was taken to Bavel (Babylon) restrained with two bronze chains.
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.