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OET (OET-LV) and_ Shəmūʼēl _he/it_said am_not though were_small you in/on/at/with_eyes_of_your_own the_chief_of the_tribes_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) are_you and_anointed_you YHWH as_king over Yisrāʼēl/(Israel).
OET (OET-RV) So Shemuel told him, “Although you consider yourself insignificant, aren’t you the head of the tribes of Israel? Yahweh anointed you as king over Israel,
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
הֲל֗וֹא אִם־קָטֹ֤ן אַתָּה֙ בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ רֹ֛אשׁ שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אָ֑תָּה
am=not if little you(ms) in/on/at/with,eyes_of,your_own head tribes_of Yisrael you(ms)
Samuel is using the question form for emphasis. If speakers of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement. Alternate translation: [You must acknowledge that even though you were small in your eyes, you are the head of the tribes of Israel]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
הֲל֗וֹא
am=not
Samuel 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: [Is it not the case that]
Note 3 topic: grammar-connect-condition-fact
אִם־קָטֹ֤ן אַתָּה֙
if little you(ms)
Samuel is speaking as if this were a hypothetical possibility, but he means that it is actually true. If your language does not state something as a condition if it is certain or true, then you could translate this as a confident statement. Alternate translation: [though you were small]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
בְּעֵינֶ֔יךָ
in/on/at/with,eyes_of,your_own
See how you translated the similar expression in [1:18](../01/18.md). (Samuel is referring here to Saul’s protest in [9:21](../09/21.md) that he was from the smallest clan of the smallest tribe.) Alternate translation: [in your own regard]
Note 5 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
רֹ֛אשׁ שִׁבְטֵ֥י יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל אָ֑תָּה וַיִּמְשָׁחֲךָ֧ יְהוָ֛ה לְמֶ֖לֶךְ עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
head tribes_of Yisrael you(ms) and,anointed,you YHWH as,king on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in Yisrael
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: [since Yahweh has anointed you as king over Israel, you are the head of the tribes of Israel]
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
רֹ֛אשׁ
head
Samuel is using the term head by association to mean leadership. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [the leader of]
15:17 As the anointed . . . king of Israel, Saul bore the responsibility for disobeying God, which neither false humility nor making excuses could diminish.
OET (OET-LV) and_ Shəmūʼēl _he/it_said am_not though were_small you in/on/at/with_eyes_of_your_own the_chief_of the_tribes_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) are_you and_anointed_you YHWH as_king over Yisrāʼēl/(Israel).
OET (OET-RV) So Shemuel told him, “Although you consider yourself insignificant, aren’t you the head of the tribes of Israel? Yahweh anointed you as king over Israel,
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.