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People tagged in the matching LV passage: Achish · David · Saul
Dictionary: David
OET-LV (SA1 21:12) [fn] And_ the_servants_of ʼAkīsh _they_said to_him/it am_not is_this Dāvid the_king_of the_earth/land am_not of_this_one do_people_sing in_dancing(s) to_say Shāʼūl/(Saul) he_has_struck_down in/on/at/with[fn] and_Dāvid in/on/at/with[fn].
OET (OET-RV) But Akish’s servants complained to him, “Isn’t that David who’ll become king of Yisrael (Israel)? Isn’t he the one they sing about when they dance, chanting, ‘Sha’ul has killed his thousands, and David his tens of thousands?’ ”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
הֲלוֹא־זֶ֥ה דָוִ֖ד מֶ֣לֶךְ הָאָ֑רֶץ הֲל֣וֹא לָזֶ֗ה יַעֲנ֤וּ בַמְּחֹלוֹת֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר הִכָּ֤ה שָׁאוּל֙ בַּאֲלָפָ֔יו וְדָוִ֖ד בְּרִבְבֹתָֽיו
am=not this Dāvid king the=earth/land am=not of,this_[one] sing (Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said servants_of ʼAkīsh to=him/it am=not this Dāvid king the=earth/land am=not of,this_[one] sing in,dancing(s) to=say killed Shāʼūl/(Saul) in/on/at/with,, and,David in/on/at/with,, )
The servants are using the question form for emphasis. If speakers of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: [This David is the king of the land! Certainly they sing about him in the dances, saying, ‘Saul has struck his thousands, and David his myriads!’]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
הָאָ֑רֶץ
the=earth/land
The servants mean the land of Israel. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [the land of Israel]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
לֵאמֹ֔ר הִכָּ֤ה שָׁאוּל֙ בַּאֲלָפָ֔יו וְדָוִ֖ד בְּרִבְבֹתָֽיו
to=say (Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said servants_of ʼAkīsh to=him/it am=not this Dāvid king the=earth/land am=not of,this_[one] sing in,dancing(s) to=say killed Shāʼūl/(Saul) in/on/at/with,, and,David in/on/at/with,, )
If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [and say that Saul has struck his thousands, and David his myriads]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
הִכָּ֤ה שָׁאוּל֙ בַּאֲלָפָ֔יו וְדָוִ֖ד בְּרִבְבֹתָֽיו
(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said servants_of ʼAkīsh to=him/it am=not this Dāvid king the=earth/land am=not of,this_[one] sing in,dancing(s) to=say killed Shāʼūl/(Saul) in/on/at/with,, and,David in/on/at/with,, )
See how you translated the similar expression in 18:7. Alternate translation: [Saul has killed thousands of soldiers, and David has killed tens of thousands of soldiers]
OET-LV (SA1 21:12) [fn] And_ the_servants_of ʼAkīsh _they_said to_him/it am_not is_this Dāvid the_king_of the_earth/land am_not of_this_one do_people_sing in_dancing(s) to_say Shāʼūl/(Saul) he_has_struck_down in/on/at/with[fn] and_Dāvid in/on/at/with[fn].
OET (OET-RV) But Akish’s servants complained to him, “Isn’t that David who’ll become king of Yisrael (Israel)? Isn’t he the one they sing about when they dance, chanting, ‘Sha’ul has killed his thousands, and David his tens of thousands?’ ”
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.