OET interlinear 2 KI 3:11

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-quotations

וַ⁠יֹּ֔אמֶר

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Yəhōshāfāţ/(Jehoshaphat) [is]_there,not? here prophet to/for=YHWH so,that_we_may_consult DOM YHWH from,DOM,him and,he_answered one(ms) of,the_servants_of king Yisrael and=he/it_said here ʼElīshāˊ son_of Shāfāţ which/who pour waters on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in hands_of ʼĒliy^yāh )

See how you decided at 1:10 to represent the phrase and said when it introduces a direct quotation.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

אֲשֶׁר־יָ֥צַק מַ֖יִם עַל־יְדֵ֥י אֵלִיָּֽהוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Yəhōshāfāţ/(Jehoshaphat) [is]_there,not? here prophet to/for=YHWH so,that_we_may_consult DOM YHWH from,DOM,him and,he_answered one(ms) of,the_servants_of king Yisrael and=he/it_said here ʼElīshāˊ son_of Shāfāţ which/who pour waters on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in hands_of ʼĒliy^yāh )

The servant is using poured water onto the hands of as a common expression of his culture to mean “served as a personal attendant to.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [who was a personal attendant of Elijah]