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1Sa 22 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23
OET (OET-LV) and_ Shāʼūl _he/it_listened if/because_that Dāvid he_was_known and_men who with_him/it and_Shāʼūl was_sitting in/on/at/with_Giⱱˊāh under the_tamarisk_tree in/on/at/with_height and_spear_of_his in/on/at/with_hand_of_his and_all servants_of_his were_standing on/upon/above_him/it.
OET (OET-RV) One day, Sha’ul was sitting holding his spear underneath the tamarisk tree on a hill near Gibeah with all his servants stationed around him, when he heard where David and his men were,
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
דָּוִ֔ד
Dāvid
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [people knew where David was]
Note 2 topic: translate-symaction
וְשָׁאוּל֩ יוֹשֵׁ֨ב בַּגִּבְעָ֜ה תַּֽחַת־הָאֶ֤שֶׁל בָּֽרָמָה֙ וַחֲנִית֣וֹ בְיָד֔וֹ
and,Saul sitting in/on/at/with,Gibeah under the,tamarisk_tree in/on/at/with,height and,spear_of,his in/on/at/with,hand_of,his
Sitting under this tree holding this spear was a symbolic action that showed Saul was acting as king. The tree and spear were symbols of royal authority in this culture. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action. Alternate translation: [Now Saul was in Gibeah on the height, sitting under the tamarisk tree and holding his spear to show his authority]
22:1-23 Saul’s character becomes evident here. Unable to exact revenge on David himself, Saul slaughtered those he believed to be guilty of giving aid and comfort to David.
OET (OET-LV) and_ Shāʼūl _he/it_listened if/because_that Dāvid he_was_known and_men who with_him/it and_Shāʼūl was_sitting in/on/at/with_Giⱱˊāh under the_tamarisk_tree in/on/at/with_height and_spear_of_his in/on/at/with_hand_of_his and_all servants_of_his were_standing on/upon/above_him/it.
OET (OET-RV) One day, Sha’ul was sitting holding his spear underneath the tamarisk tree on a hill near Gibeah with all his servants stationed around him, when he heard where David and his men were,
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.