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OET (OET-LV) [fn] and_ Dāvid _he/it_rose_up and_fled in_the_day (the)_that from_face/in_front_of Shāʼūl and_went to ʼAkīsh the_king_of Gat.
21:11 Note: KJB: 1Sam.21.10
OET (OET-RV) But Akish’s servants complained to him, “Isn’t that David who’ll become king of 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\n וְדָוִ֖ד בְּרִבְבֹתָֽיו
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_rose_up Dāvid and,fled in_the=day (the)=that from=face/in_front_of Shāʼūl and,went to/towards ʼAkīsh king Gat )
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 / metaphor
הֲלוֹא־זֶ֥ה דָוִ֖ד מֶ֣לֶךְ הָאָ֑רֶץ
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_rose_up Dāvid and,fled in_the=day (the)=that from=face/in_front_of Shāʼūl and,went to/towards ʼAkīsh king Gat )
The servants of Achish are not making a comparison here. They know that David has led the Israelite armies into battle against them with great success, as a king would do, and so they believe that he actually is the king of Israel. So it would not be appropriate to translate this statement as if it were making a comparison.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
הָאָ֑רֶץ
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_rose_up Dāvid and,fled in_the=day (the)=that from=face/in_front_of Shāʼūl and,went to/towards ʼAkīsh king Gat )
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 4 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
לֵאמֹ֔ר הִכָּ֤ה שָׁאוּל֙ בַּאֲלָפָ֔יו\n וְדָוִ֖ד בְּרִבְבֹתָֽיו
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_rose_up Dāvid and,fled in_the=day (the)=that from=face/in_front_of Shāʼūl and,went to/towards ʼAkīsh king Gat )
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 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
הִכָּ֤ה שָׁאוּל֙ בַּאֲלָפָ֔יו וְדָוִ֖ד בְּרִבְבֹתָֽיו
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_rose_up Dāvid and,fled in_the=day (the)=that from=face/in_front_of Shāʼūl and,went to/towards ʼAkīsh king Gat )
See how you translated the similar expression in [18:7](../18/07.md). Alternate translation: [Saul has killed thousands of soldiers, and David has killed tens of thousands of soldiers]
21:11 the king of the land: David’s reputation as a mighty warrior even greater than King Saul (see 18:7) had grown to the point where foreigners began referring to him as Israel’s king.
OET (OET-LV) [fn] and_ Dāvid _he/it_rose_up and_fled in_the_day (the)_that from_face/in_front_of Shāʼūl and_went to ʼAkīsh the_king_of Gat.
21:11 Note: KJB: 1Sam.21.10
OET (OET-RV) But Akish’s servants complained to him, “Isn’t that David who’ll become king of 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.