OET interlinear 1 SAM 24:4

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

הַ⁠יּ֜וֹם

the=day

The men are using a common expression of their culture. See how you translated the similar expression in 9:13. Alternate translation: [what is happening at this time]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

אֲֽשֶׁר־אָמַ֧ר יְהוָ֣ה אֵלֶ֗י⁠ךָ הִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֜י נֹתֵ֤ן אֶת־אֹֽיִבְךָ֙ בְּ⁠יָדֶ֔⁠ךָ וְ⁠עָשִׂ֣יתָ לּ֔⁠וֹ כַּ⁠אֲשֶׁ֖ר יִטַ֣ב

(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said men_of Dāvid to=him/it see/lo/see! the=day which/who he/it_had_said YHWH to, see/lo/see! I give DOM איבי,ך in,hand_of,your and,you_will_do for=him/it just=as good in,eyes_of,your and=he/it_rose_up Dāvid and,he_cut_off DOM corner_of of,the_robe which/who [belonged]_to,Saul in,secrecy )

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [is what Yahweh meant when he told you that he would give your enemy into your hand and that you would do to him just as was good in your eyes]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

אֲֽשֶׁר־אָמַ֧ר יְהוָ֣ה אֵלֶ֗י⁠ךָ הִנֵּ֨ה אָנֹכִ֜י נֹתֵ֤ן אֶת־אֹֽיִבְךָ֙ בְּ⁠יָדֶ֔⁠ךָ וְ⁠עָשִׂ֣יתָ לּ֔⁠וֹ כַּ⁠אֲשֶׁ֖ר יִטַ֣ב

(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said men_of Dāvid to=him/it see/lo/see! the=day which/who he/it_had_said YHWH to, see/lo/see! I give DOM איבי,ך in,hand_of,your and,you_will_do for=him/it just=as good in,eyes_of,your and=he/it_rose_up Dāvid and,he_cut_off DOM corner_of of,the_robe which/who [belonged]_to,Saul in,secrecy )

The author has not directly quoted Yahweh as saying this to David at any earlier point in the book, so this could be the way David’s men interpreted the more general statements by Yahweh that he had chosen David to be the next king. (Jonathan’s concern for his own descendants shows that people in this culture expected a king to destroy any enemies who could threaten him.) To show that this is not necessarily something that Yahweh said to David directly, you could make this an indirect quotation, as suggested in the Quotes in Quotes note, even if your language can present one direct quotation within another.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בְּ⁠יָדֶ֔⁠ךָ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said men_of Dāvid to=him/it see/lo/see! the=day which/who he/it_had_said YHWH to, see/lo/see! I give DOM איבי,ך in,hand_of,your and,you_will_do for=him/it just=as good in,eyes_of,your and=he/it_rose_up Dāvid and,he_cut_off DOM corner_of of,the_robe which/who [belonged]_to,Saul in,secrecy )

See how you translated this expression in 4:3. Alternate translation: [into your power]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

יִטַ֣ב בְּ⁠עֵינֶ֑י⁠ךָ

good (Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said men_of Dāvid to=him/it see/lo/see! the=day which/who he/it_had_said YHWH to, see/lo/see! I give DOM איבי,ך in,hand_of,your and,you_will_do for=him/it just=as good in,eyes_of,your and=he/it_rose_up Dāvid and,he_cut_off DOM corner_of of,the_robe which/who [belonged]_to,Saul in,secrecy )

See how you translated this expression in 1:18. Alternate translation: [you see fit]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַ⁠יָּ֣קָם דָּוִ֗ד

(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said men_of Dāvid to=him/it see/lo/see! the=day which/who he/it_had_said YHWH to, see/lo/see! I give DOM איבי,ך in,hand_of,your and,you_will_do for=him/it just=as good in,eyes_of,your and=he/it_rose_up Dāvid and,he_cut_off DOM corner_of of,the_robe which/who [belonged]_to,Saul in,secrecy )

See how you translated this term in 1:9. Alternate translation: [And David took action]

Note 7 topic: translate-symaction

וַ⁠יִּכְרֹ֛ת אֶת־כְּנַֽף־הַ⁠מְּעִ֥יל אֲשֶׁר־לְ⁠שָׁא֖וּל

(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said men_of Dāvid to=him/it see/lo/see! the=day which/who he/it_had_said YHWH to, see/lo/see! I give DOM איבי,ך in,hand_of,your and,you_will_do for=him/it just=as good in,eyes_of,your and=he/it_rose_up Dāvid and,he_cut_off DOM corner_of of,the_robe which/who [belonged]_to,Saul in,secrecy )

This was a symbolic action that demonstrated that David could have killed Saul. David shows the piece of the robe to make that point explicitly in 24:11, and Saul acknowledges it in 24:18. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action. Alternate translation: [and cut off the edge of Saul’s robe to show that he could have killed him]

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

בַּ⁠לָּֽט

(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said men_of Dāvid to=him/it see/lo/see! the=day which/who he/it_had_said YHWH to, see/lo/see! I give DOM איבי,ך in,hand_of,your and,you_will_do for=him/it just=as good in,eyes_of,your and=he/it_rose_up Dāvid and,he_cut_off DOM corner_of of,the_robe which/who [belonged]_to,Saul in,secrecy )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of secrecy, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [secretly]