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. (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 and in its frequent occurrences in chapter 13 and chapter 14. 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 and 30. 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.