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OET (OET-LV) And_not you_must_cut_off DOM kindness_of_your from_with house_of_my until perpetuity and_not in/on/at/with_cuts_off YHWH DOM the_enemies_of Dāvid everyone from_under the_surface_of the_soil.
OET (OET-RV) Don’t ever terminate that agreement of faithfulness towards my family, even when Yahweh destroys your enemies wherever they are.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וְלֹֽא־תַכְרִ֧ת אֶֽת־חַסְדְּךָ֛ מֵעִ֥ם בֵּיתִ֖י
and=not cut_off DOM kindness_of,your from,with house_of,my
Jonathan is speaking as if David’s covenant faithfulness were an object that he could cut off. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [but you shall not withhold your covenant faithfulness from my house] or [but you shall be sure to show your covenant faithfulness to my house]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
מֵעִ֥ם בֵּיתִ֖י
from,with house_of,my
Here, house means all the people descended from a particular person. It envisions them as if they were one household living together. Alternate translation: [from my descendants]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
בְּהַכְרִ֤ת
in/on/at/with,cuts_off
Jonathan is speaking as if David’s enemies were a branch of a bush or tree such as a person cuts off. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [destroys]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person
אֶת־אֹיְבֵ֣י דָוִ֔ד
DOM enemies_of Dāvid
Jonathan is referring to David in the third person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this in the second person. Alternate translation: [your enemies]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
אִ֕ישׁ מֵעַ֖ל פְּנֵ֥י הָאֲדָמָֽה
(a)_man from=under face/surface_of the=soil
Jonathan is using a common expression of his culture. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [so that not a single one is left on the surface of the earth]
20:15 treat my family: David later treated Jonathan’s son, Mephibosheth, as one of his own sons (2 Sam 9:1-13).
OET (OET-LV) And_not you_must_cut_off DOM kindness_of_your from_with house_of_my until perpetuity and_not in/on/at/with_cuts_off YHWH DOM the_enemies_of Dāvid everyone from_under the_surface_of the_soil.
OET (OET-RV) Don’t ever terminate that agreement of faithfulness towards my family, even when Yahweh destroys your enemies wherever they are.
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.