OET interlinear 2 KI 2:16

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

אֶת־עֲבָדֶי⁠ךָ֩

DOM your=servants

The sons of the prophets are referring to themselves in the third person as your servants to show humility and respect toward Elisha. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this in a humble and respectful form in the first person. Alternate translation: [us, your servants,]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

חֲמִשִּׁ֨ים

(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said to=him/it see/lo/see! now there_are DOM your=servants fifty men sons_of strong go now so,that_they_may_search_for DOM master(s)_of,your lest it,has_carried_him_off spirit_of YHWH and,it,has_cast_him on,one_of of,the_mountains or in,one_of of,the_valleys and=he/it_said not send )

As in [2:7](../02/07.md), the number fifty here may be approximate rather than exact. Alternate translation: [several dozen]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

בְּנֵֽי־חַ֗יִל

(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said to=him/it see/lo/see! now there_are DOM your=servants fifty men sons_of strong go now so,that_they_may_search_for DOM master(s)_of,your lest it,has_carried_him_off spirit_of YHWH and,it,has_cast_him on,one_of of,the_mountains or in,one_of of,the_valleys and=he/it_said not send )

See the discussion in the introduction to 2 Kings of how the author or a character may use the phrase “sons of” to indicate that people have the characteristic of something. Alternate translation: [valiant men] or [strong men]