OET interlinear PSA 35:14

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

כְּ⁠רֵֽעַ־כְּ⁠אָ֣ח לִ֭⁠י הִתְהַלָּ֑כְתִּי כַּ⁠אֲבֶל־אֵ֝֗ם קֹדֵ֥ר שַׁחֽוֹתִי

(Some words not found in UHB: like,a_friend like,a_brother to=me went_about like,a_mourner_of mother_of mourning bowed_down )

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. Alternate translation: [I walked about as one lamenting for a mother, as for a friend, as for a brother; mourning, I bowed down]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

כְּ⁠רֵֽעַ־כְּ⁠אָ֣ח

(Some words not found in UHB: like,a_friend like,a_brother to=me went_about like,a_mourner_of mother_of mourning bowed_down )

The point of this comparison is that just as a person would grieve for a friend or a brother, so David grieved for his enemies when they were sick. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [As if each one were my close friend or a brother, I walked about]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

כַּ⁠אֲבֶל־אֵ֝֗ם

(Some words not found in UHB: like,a_friend like,a_brother to=me went_about like,a_mourner_of mother_of mourning bowed_down )

The point of this comparison is that just as a person in deep grief would be lamenting the loss of a mother, so David mourned deeply for his enemies. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: [with grief as deep as one who has lost his mother]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

כַּ⁠אֲבֶל־אֵ֝֗ם

(Some words not found in UHB: like,a_friend like,a_brother to=me went_about like,a_mourner_of mother_of mourning bowed_down )

David 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: [as one who was lamenting for his mother]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

קֹדֵ֥ר שַׁחֽוֹתִי

mourning (Some words not found in UHB: like,a_friend like,a_brother to=me went_about like,a_mourner_of mother_of mourning bowed_down )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of mourning, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [I mourned and bowed down]

Note 6 topic: translate-symaction

שַׁחֽוֹתִי

(Some words not found in UHB: like,a_friend like,a_brother to=me went_about like,a_mourner_of mother_of mourning bowed_down )

The action of bowing down was a symbolic action by which David showed deep grief and mourning. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action in the text of your translation or in a footnote. Alternate translation: [I expressed deep sorrow]