OET interlinear 1 SAM 17:23

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-time-simultaneous

וְ⁠ה֣וּא ׀ מְדַבֵּ֣ר עִמָּ֗⁠ם וְ⁠הִנֵּ֣ה אִ֣ישׁ הַ⁠בֵּנַ֡יִם עוֹלֶ֞ה

and=he (Some words not found in UHB: and=he speaking with,them and=see/lo/see! (a)_man of,the_champions coming_up Gāləyat the,Philistine his/its=name ,Gath מ,מערות Pelishtim and=he/it_spoke according,the_words the=these and=he/it_listened Dāvid )

The words that the ULT translates as And … and indicate that these events happened at the same time. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could describe the time relationship more explicitly. Alternate translation: [And while he was speaking with them, behold, the man of the betweens came up]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠הִנֵּ֣ה

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he speaking with,them and=see/lo/see! (a)_man of,the_champions coming_up Gāləyat the,Philistine his/its=name ,Gath מ,מערות Pelishtim and=he/it_spoke according,the_words the=these and=he/it_listened Dāvid )

See how you translated the term behold in 2:31. The author is using this term to focus his listeners’ attention on what he is about to say.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

אִ֣ישׁ הַ⁠בֵּנַ֡יִם

(a)_man (Some words not found in UHB: and=he speaking with,them and=see/lo/see! (a)_man of,the_champions coming_up Gāləyat the,Philistine his/its=name ,Gath מ,מערות Pelishtim and=he/it_spoke according,the_words the=these and=he/it_listened Dāvid )

See how you translated this expression in 17:4. Alternate translation: [a warrior champion]

Note 4 topic: translate-symaction

עוֹלֶ֞ה

coming_up

The author may mean that Goliath had come down from the Philistine camp on the opposite hill down into the valley and was now coming up the slope of the hill toward the Israelite camp, symbolically demonstrating that he was not afraid of any of the Israelite soldiers. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action. Alternate translation: [was tauntingly coming up the slope toward the Israelite camp]

Note 5 topic: translate-names

גָּלְיָת֩ הַ⁠פְּלִשְׁתִּ֨י

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he speaking with,them and=see/lo/see! (a)_man of,the_champions coming_up Gāləyat the,Philistine his/its=name ,Gath מ,מערות Pelishtim and=he/it_spoke according,the_words the=these and=he/it_listened Dāvid )

See how you translated this name in 17:8. Alternate translation: [Goliath, the Philistine warrior champion]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

כַּ⁠דְּבָרִ֣ים הָ⁠אֵ֑לֶּה

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he speaking with,them and=see/lo/see! (a)_man of,the_champions coming_up Gāləyat the,Philistine his/its=name ,Gath מ,מערות Pelishtim and=he/it_spoke according,the_words the=these and=he/it_listened Dāvid )

The author is using a common expression of his culture. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [as he had before]