OET interlinear 1 SAM 15:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וַ⁠יְשַׁמַּ֤ע שָׁאוּל֙ אֶת־הָ⁠עָ֔ם

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_summoned Shāʼūl/(Saul) DOM the,people and,he,mustered_them at,Telaim two_hundreds thousand foot_soldiers and,ten_of thousand DOM (a)_man Yehuda )

The author is using the term hear to represent that Saul summoned and gathered the people. Alternate translation: [And Saul gathered the people]

Note 2 topic: translate-names

בַּ⁠טְּלָאִ֔ים

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_summoned Shāʼūl/(Saul) DOM the,people and,he,mustered_them at,Telaim two_hundreds thousand foot_soldiers and,ten_of thousand DOM (a)_man Yehuda )

The word Telaim could be: (1) the name of a city within the territory of Judah that is called by the similar name Telem in [Joshua 15:24](../../jos/15/24.md). (2) a description of an open area where shepherds collected their lambs from the surrounding pastures at the end of the grazing season. (The word “telaim” means “lambs” in Hebrew.) Alternate translation: [in a large open area]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אֶת־הָ⁠עָ֔ם

DOM the,people

See how you translated the term “people” in [13:2](../13/02.md) and in its frequent occurrences in [chapter 13](../13/01.md) and [chapter 14](../14/01.md). The author assumes that readers will understand that in this, the term means the fighting men of Israel. It has this same meaning throughout this chapter, except in [verses 8](../15/08.md) and [30](../15/30.md). Alternate translation: [the fighting men of Israel]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַ⁠עֲשֶׂ֥רֶת אֲלָפִ֖ים אֶת־אִ֥ישׁ יְהוּדָֽה

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_summoned Shāʼūl/(Saul) DOM the,people and,he,mustered_them at,Telaim two_hundreds thousand foot_soldiers and,ten_of thousand DOM (a)_man Yehuda )

See the discussion in the Introduction to chapter 11 of why the author gives a separate total of the soldiers who came from the tribe of Judah.