OET interlinear 1 SAM 14:32

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וַיַּ֤עַט הָ⁠עָם֙ אֶל־הַשָּׁלָ֔ל

(Some words not found in UHB: and, the,people to/towards the,plunder and=they_took flock_of_sheep/goats and,cattle and=the_sons cattle and,they_slaughtered_[them] ground,to_[the] and,it_ate_[them] the,people on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in ,blood )

The author is speaking of the people as if they had swooped down like birds of prey diving for food. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [And the people rushed desperately to take some of the plunder]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וּ⁠בְנֵ֥י בָקָ֖ר

and=the_sons cattle

The author is using sons of the herd as a common expression of his culture to mean young cattle. Your language may have a comparable expression that you could use in your translation as modeled in the UST.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אָ֑רְצָ⁠ה

ground,to_[the]

The author assumes that readers will understand that by slaughtering animals on the ground, the people were not hanging them up to let the blood drain out, as the law of Moses required. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [on the ground, rather than hanging them up so that the blood would drain out]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

עַל־הַ⁠דָּֽם

on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (Some words not found in UHB: and, the,people to/towards the,plunder and=they_took flock_of_sheep/goats and,cattle and=the_sons cattle and,they_slaughtered_[them] ground,to_[the] and,it_ate_[them] the,people on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in ,blood )

The author is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [the meat with the blood still in it]