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InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEU JOB JOS JDG RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG JOEL MIC ISA ZEP HAB JER LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBA DAN EZE EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL LAO GES LES ESG DNG 2 PS TOB JDT ESA WIS SIR BAR LJE PAZ SUS BEL MAN 1 MAC 2 MAC 3 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL 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
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 C25
2 Ki 6 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31 V32 V33
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_was a_famine great in_Shomrōn and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE they_were_laying_siege on/upon_it(f) until was the_head_of a_donkey for_eighty silver and_the_fourth_part_of the_kab wwww doves’_dung(s)[fn][fn][fn] for_five silver.
OET (OET-RV) Being surrounded like that caused a terrible famine inside the city, until a donkey’s head would be sold for eighty silver coins, and a cup of doves’ droppings was sold for five silver coins.
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
וַיְהִ֨י רָעָ֤ב גָּדוֹל֙ בְּשֹׁ֣מְר֔וֹן וְהִנֵּ֖ה צָרִ֣ים עָלֶ֑יהָ
and=he/it_was famine (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was famine big/great in,Samaria and=see/lo/see! siege on/upon=it(f) until to_be head donkey's for,eighty silver and,the_fourth_part_of of,the_kab חרי dove's_dung for,five shekels_of_silver )
If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the result that the first phrase describes. (In this context, the word behold introduces a reason.) Alternate translation: [And because they were besieging against it, a great famine was in Samaria]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
הֱי֤וֹת & בִּשְׁמֹנִ֣ים כֶּ֔סֶף & בַּחֲמִשָּׁה־כָֽסֶף
to_be & (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was famine big/great in,Samaria and=see/lo/see! siege on/upon=it(f) until to_be head donkey's for,eighty silver and,the_fourth_part_of of,the_kab חרי dove's_dung for,five shekels_of_silver )
The author is using was at as a common expression of his culture to mean “sold for.” If this phrase does not have that meaning for your readers, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [sold for 80 silver … sold for 5 silver]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
הֱי֤וֹת & בִּשְׁמֹנִ֣ים כֶּ֔סֶף & בַּחֲמִשָּׁה־כָֽסֶף
to_be & (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was famine big/great in,Samaria and=see/lo/see! siege on/upon=it(f) until to_be head donkey's for,eighty silver and,the_fourth_part_of of,the_kab חרי dove's_dung for,five shekels_of_silver )
The author is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [sold for 80 silver shekels … sold for 5 silver shekels]
Note 4 topic: translate-bweight
הֱי֤וֹת & בִּשְׁמֹנִ֣ים כֶּ֔סֶף & בַּחֲמִשָּׁה־כָֽסֶף
to_be & (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was famine big/great in,Samaria and=see/lo/see! siege on/upon=it(f) until to_be head donkey's for,eighty silver and,the_fourth_part_of of,the_kab חרי dove's_dung for,five shekels_of_silver )
See how you decided to represent the weight of a shekel at [5:5](../05/05.md).
Note 5 topic: translate-bvolume
וְרֹ֛בַע הַקַּ֥ב
and,the_fourth_part_of (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was famine big/great in,Samaria and=see/lo/see! siege on/upon=it(f) until to_be head donkey's for,eighty silver and,the_fourth_part_of of,the_kab חרי dove's_dung for,five shekels_of_silver )
A kab was a liquid measure equivalent to 1.23 liters or just over five cups. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could express this in terms of modern measurements, either in the text or in a footnote.
Note 6 topic: translate-fraction
וְרֹ֛בַע
and,the_fourth_part_of
A fourth means one part out of four equal parts.
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_was a_famine great in_Shomrōn and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE they_were_laying_siege on/upon_it(f) until was the_head_of a_donkey for_eighty silver and_the_fourth_part_of the_kab wwww doves’_dung(s)[fn][fn][fn] for_five silver.
OET (OET-RV) Being surrounded like that caused a terrible famine inside the city, until a donkey’s head would be sold for eighty silver coins, and a cup of doves’ droppings was sold for five silver coins.
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.