OET interlinear 1 SAM 20:15

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠לֹֽא־תַכְרִ֧ת אֶֽת־חַסְדְּ⁠ךָ֛ מֵ⁠עִ֥ם בֵּיתִ֖⁠י

and=not cut_off DOM (Some words not found in UHB: and=not cut_off DOM loyalty_of,your_covenant from,with house_of,my until ever and=not when,cuts_off YHWH DOM enemies_of Dāvid (a)_man from=under face/surface_of the=soil )

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 (Some words not found in UHB: and=not cut_off DOM loyalty_of,your_covenant from,with house_of,my until ever and=not when,cuts_off YHWH DOM enemies_of Dāvid (a)_man from=under face/surface_of the=soil )

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 יְהוָה֙

(Some words not found in UHB: and=not cut_off DOM loyalty_of,your_covenant from,with house_of,my until ever and=not when,cuts_off YHWH DOM enemies_of Dāvid (a)_man from=under face/surface_of the=soil )

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: [when Yahweh 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 (Some words not found in UHB: and=not cut_off DOM loyalty_of,your_covenant from,with house_of,my until ever and=not when,cuts_off YHWH DOM enemies_of Dāvid (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]