OET interlinear 1SA 11:7

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-collectivenouns

וַֽ⁠יְנַתְּחֵ֗⁠הוּ

and,cut_~_inpieces,them

Since the author is referring to a pair of cattle, it might be more natural in your language to use a dual or plural pronoun here. Alternate translation: [and cut them into pieces]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

וַ⁠יְשַׁלַּ֞ח בְּ⁠כָל־גְּב֣וּל יִשְׂרָאֵל֮ בְּ⁠יַ֣ד הַ⁠מַּלְאָכִ֣ים

and,sent in=all border Yisrael in/on/at/with,hand_of the,messengers

The author is using one part of the messengers, their hand, to represent all of them in the act of carrying these pieces throughout Israel. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and he had the messengers carry these pieces throughout all the territory of Israel]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וַ⁠יְשַׁלַּ֞ח

and,sent

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: [and he sent the pieces of the cattle]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

גְּב֣וּל יִשְׂרָאֵל֮

border Yisrael

The author is using the term border by association to mean the territory that this border encloses. See how you translated this term in [11:3](../11/03.md). Alternate translation: [the territory of Israel]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

אֲשֶׁר֩ אֵינֶ֨⁠נּוּ יֹצֵ֜א אַחֲרֵ֤י שָׁאוּל֙ וְ⁠אַחַ֣ר שְׁמוּאֵ֔ל

which/who not,he going_out after Shāʼūl and=after Shəmū\sup_ʼēl

Saul is using the expression going out behind by association to mean going into battle under the command of him and Samuel. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [Whoever does not go into battle under the command of Saul and Samuel]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

אַחֲרֵ֤י שָׁאוּל֙

after Shāʼūl

Saul is speaking about himself in the third person in order to make an official pronouncement. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this in the first person. Alternate translation: [behind me]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וַ⁠יִּפֹּ֤ל פַּֽחַד־יְהוָה֙ עַל־הָ⁠עָ֔ם

and,fell dread_of YHWH on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,people

The author is speaking as if fear had been an object that fell on people. He means that the people were motivated by respect for Yahweh, recognizing that his anointed king was summoning them urgently into battle and that Yahweh expected them to obey. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [And great respect for Yahweh motivated the people]

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

כְּ⁠אִ֥ישׁ אֶחָֽד

as,man one(ms)

The author is using a common expression of his culture to mean that the people acted together with entire unity of purpose. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly or use an idiom from your own culture. Alternate translation: [united in purpose] or [all together]