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OET (OET-LV) and_ ʼElīshāˊ _he_went Dammeseq and hₐdad the_king_of ʼArām was_sick and_it_was_told to_him/it to_say the_man_of he_has_come the_ʼElohīm to here.
OET (OET-RV) Elisha went to Aram’s capital Damascus at a time when King Ben-Hadad of Aram (Syria) was very sick, and someone told him that the man of God was in town.
Note 1 topic: writing-newevent
וַיָּבֹ֤א אֱלִישָׁע֙ דַּמֶּ֔שֶׂק
(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_went ʼElīshāˊ Dammeseq and, -hₐdad king ʼArām ill and,it_was_told to=him/it to=say he/it_came (a)_man the=ʼElohīm until they(f) )
The author is using this travel notice to introduce a new event in the story. Use a word, phrase, or other method in your language that is natural for introducing a new event. Alternate translation: [Sometime after this, Elisha made a trip to Damascus]
Note 2 topic: writing-background
וּבֶן־הֲדַ֥ד מֶֽלֶךְ־אֲרָ֖ם חֹלֶ֑ה
and, -hₐdad king ʼArām ill
The author is providing background information to help readers understand what happens next in the story. In your translation, introduce this information in a way that would be natural in your own language and culture.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
וַיֻּגַּד־ל֣וֹ
(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_went ʼElīshāˊ Dammeseq and, -hₐdad king ʼArām ill and,it_was_told to=him/it to=say he/it_came (a)_man the=ʼElohīm until they(f) )
The expression was declared is a passive verbal form. If your language would not use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that would be natural in your language. Alternate translation: [And someone declared to him]
OET (OET-LV) and_ ʼElīshāˊ _he_went Dammeseq and hₐdad the_king_of ʼArām was_sick and_it_was_told to_him/it to_say the_man_of he_has_come the_ʼElohīm to here.
OET (OET-RV) Elisha went to Aram’s capital Damascus at a time when King Ben-Hadad of Aram (Syria) was very sick, and someone told him that the man of God was in town.
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.