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 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25
2 Ki 6 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31 V32 V33
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Elisha
OET-LV And_ the_king_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) _he/it_said to ʼElīshāˊ just_as_he_saw them will_I_strike_them_down will_I_strike_them_down my_father_of_my.
OET (OET-RV) When he saw them, the king of Yisrael (Israel) asked Elisha, “Should I kill them? Should I kill them, my father?”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
הַאַכֶּ֥ה אַכֶּ֖ה אָבִֽי
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said king Yisrael to/towards ʼElīshāˊ just,as,he_saw ,them will,I_strike_[them]_down? kill my_father_of,my )
To translate the word “strike” here and in the next verse, how you translated it in 3:23. Alternate translation: [Shall I kill them? Shall I kill them, my father?]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / reduplication
הַאַכֶּ֥ה אַכֶּ֖ה
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said king Yisrael to/towards ʼElīshāˊ just,as,he_saw ,them will,I_strike_[them]_down? kill my_father_of,my )
The king is repeating his question Shall I strike them in order to intensify his request for permission and to show his eagerness to act. If your language can repeat words for intensification, it would be appropriate to do that here in your translation. If not, your language may have another way of expressing the intensification. Alternate translation: [Shall I kill them while I have the chance?]
Note 3 topic: writing-politeness
אָבִֽי
my_father_of,my
The king is referring to Elisha by a respectful title. Use a comparable title or expression for addressing someone respectfully in your language.
OET-LV And_ the_king_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) _he/it_said to ʼElīshāˊ just_as_he_saw them will_I_strike_them_down will_I_strike_them_down my_father_of_my.
OET (OET-RV) When he saw them, the king of Yisrael (Israel) asked Elisha, “Should I kill them? Should I kill them, my father?”
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.