OET interlinear 1 SAM 24:9

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

לָ֧⁠מָּה תִשְׁמַ֛ע אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֥י אָדָ֖ם לֵ⁠אמֹ֑ר הִנֵּ֣ה דָוִ֔ד מְבַקֵּ֖שׁ רָעָתֶֽ⁠ךָ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Dāvid to,Saul to/for=what listen DOM words_of humankind to=say see/lo/see! Dāvid seeks harm_of,your )

David is using the question form for emphasis. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement. Alternate translation: [You should not listen to the words of a man, saying, ‘Behold, David is seeking your harm.’]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

לָ֧⁠מָּה תִשְׁמַ֛ע אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֥י

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Dāvid to,Saul to/for=what listen DOM words_of humankind to=say see/lo/see! Dāvid seeks harm_of,your )

See the discussion in the Introduction to 1 Samuel of the author’s use of the term “listen.” In this context, it means “believe.” Alternate translation: [Why do you believe]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֥י אָדָ֖ם לֵ⁠אמֹ֑ר

DOM (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Dāvid to,Saul to/for=what listen DOM words_of humankind to=say see/lo/see! Dāvid seeks harm_of,your )

David is not referring to a specific man. He means any person in general. It may be more natural in your language to express this meaning with a plural form. Alternate translation: [the words of anyone, saying]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

אֶת־דִּבְרֵ֥י אָדָ֖ם לֵ⁠אמֹ֑ר

DOM (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Dāvid to,Saul to/for=what listen DOM words_of humankind to=say see/lo/see! Dāvid seeks harm_of,your )

David is using the term words to represent what people were telling Saul by using words. Alternate translation: [to what anyone says who claims]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

לֵ⁠אמֹ֑ר הִנֵּ֣ה דָוִ֔ד מְבַקֵּ֖שׁ רָעָתֶֽ⁠ךָ

to=say (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Dāvid to,Saul to/for=what listen DOM words_of humankind to=say see/lo/see! Dāvid seeks harm_of,your )

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [who tells you to be watch out because I am seeking your harm]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

רָעָתֶֽ⁠ךָ

harm_of,your

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