OET interlinear 1SA 18:26

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וַ⁠יַּגִּ֨דוּ עֲבָדָ֤י⁠ו לְ⁠דָוִד֙ אֶת־הַ⁠דְּבָרִ֣ים הָ⁠אֵ֔לֶּה

and,told servants_of,his to,David DOM the,words the=these

The author is using the term words by association to mean what Saul had instructed them to say by using words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [And his servants told David what Saul had instructed them to say]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וַ⁠יִּשַׁ֤ר הַ⁠דָּבָר֙ בְּ⁠עֵינֵ֣י דָוִ֔ד לְ⁠הִתְחַתֵּ֖ן בַּ⁠מֶּ֑לֶךְ

and,he_was_pleasing the,matter in/on=both_eyes_of Dāvid to,become_~_son-in-law in/on/at/with,king's

The author is using the term eyes by association to mean David’s judgment or opinion. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [and it seemed appropriate to David to make himself son-in-law of the king in this way]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וְ⁠לֹ֥א מָלְא֖וּ הַ⁠יָּמִֽים

and=not expired the=days

The author is using a common expression of his culture to mean that a certain period of time had not yet ended. Express this in the way that people in your own culture would speak of a period that had not ended. Alternate translation: [And the time had not expired]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠לֹ֥א מָלְא֖וּ הַ⁠יָּמִֽים

and=not expired the=days

The author assumes that his readers will know that by the days, he means a time limit that Saul had set. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [And the time limit that Saul had set had not expired]