OET interlinear 2 KI 3:7

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַ⁠יֵּ֡לֶךְ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_went and,he_sent to/towards Yəhōshāfāţ/(Jehoshaphat) king Yehuda to=say king Mōʼāⱱ rebelled against,me will,you_go? with,me to/towards Mōʼāⱱ for,battle and=he/it_said go as,me as,you as,people_of,my as,people_of,your as,horses_of,my as,horses_of,your )

In this context, the author does not mean that Jehoram went somewhere. He means that he took the action that he describes next. Alternate translation: [And he took action]

Note 2 topic: writing-quotations

לֵ⁠אמֹ֗ר

to=say

See the discussion of this term in the Introduction to 2 Kings. In contexts such as this, it introduces a direct quotation. In your translation, use a natural way of introducing direct quotations in your language. It may not be necessary to represent this phrase explicitly, here or in its other instances in the book.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo

אֶעֱלֶ֔ה

go

See how you translated the similar expression in 1:3. Alternate translation: [I will go]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

כָּמ֧וֹ⁠נִי כָמ֛וֹ⁠ךָ כְּ⁠עַמִּ֥⁠י כְ⁠עַמֶּ֖⁠ךָ כְּ⁠סוּסַ֥⁠י כְּ⁠סוּסֶֽי⁠ךָ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_went and,he_sent to/towards Yəhōshāfāţ/(Jehoshaphat) king Yehuda to=say king Mōʼāⱱ rebelled against,me will,you_go? with,me to/towards Mōʼāⱱ for,battle and=he/it_said go as,me as,you as,people_of,my as,people_of,your as,horses_of,my as,horses_of,your )

Jehoshaphat is using a common expression of his culture to agree to join Jehoram in an attack against Moab. If this expression 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. If you have already translated the book of 1 Kings, see how you translated the similar expression in 1 Kings 22:4, where Jehoshaphat says the same thing to Jehoram’s father Ahab. Alternate translation: [I and my army with its horses will fight alongside you and your army with its horses]