OET interlinear 2 KI 9:12

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

שֶׁ֔קֶר

(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said liar tell now to/for=us and=he/it_said like,this and,like,this he/it_had_said to=me to=say thus he/it_had_said YHWH I,anoint_you to,king to/towards Yisrael )

The commanders are 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: [What you have said is a lie]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

כָּ⁠זֹ֤את וְ⁠כָ⁠זֹאת֙ אָמַ֤ר אֵלַ⁠י֙ לֵ⁠אמֹ֔ר

(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said liar tell now to/for=us and=he/it_said like,this and,like,this he/it_had_said to=me to=say thus he/it_had_said YHWH I,anoint_you to,king to/towards Yisrael )

Jehu is using Like this and like this as a common expression of his culture to introduce a summary of what someone said 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: [Along these lines he spoke to me, saying] or [What he said to me was]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

לֵ⁠אמֹ֔ר כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה מְשַׁחְתִּ֥י⁠ךָֽ לְ⁠מֶ֖לֶךְ אֶל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

to=say (Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said liar tell now to/for=us and=he/it_said like,this and,like,this he/it_had_said to=me to=say thus he/it_had_said YHWH I,anoint_you to,king to/towards Yisrael )

There are three levels of quotation here. The author is quoting what Jehu said (level 1). Jehu is quoting what the young prophet said to him (level 2). That included a quotation from Yahweh (level 3). Use the appropriate punctuation in your language to mark these levels of quotation. Alternatively, you could translate this so that there are not second-level or third-level quotations.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

לֵ⁠אמֹ֔ר כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה מְשַׁחְתִּ֥י⁠ךָֽ לְ⁠מֶ֖לֶךְ אֶל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל

to=say (Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said liar tell now to/for=us and=he/it_said like,this and,like,this he/it_had_said to=me to=say thus he/it_had_said YHWH I,anoint_you to,king to/towards Yisrael )

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there are not quotations within quotations. Alternate translation: [telling me that Yahweh said that he had anointed me as king over Israel]