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People tagged in the matching LV passage: David · God
Dictionary: David
OET-LV Thus god may_he_do to_the_enemies_of Dāvid and_thus may_he_add if I_will_leave from_all that to_him/it until the_morning one_who_urinates on_a_wall.
OET (OET-RV) May God preserve my enemies, if I don’t eliminate all of the older and young men in his household before the morning.
Note 1 topic: writing-politeness
לְאֹיְבֵ֥י דָוִ֖ד
to,the_enemies_of Dāvid
See the discussion of the expression “the enemies of David” in the Introduction to chapter 20. The expression may have a similar explanation here. See how you translated it in 20:16. Alternate translation: [to David]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וְכֹ֣ה יֹסִ֑יף
and,thus more
David is using a common expression of his culture. See how you translated the similar expression in 3:17. Alternate translation: [and even more]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
מִכָּל־אֲשֶׁר־ל֛וֹ & מַשְׁתִּ֥ין בְּקִֽיר
(Some words not found in UHB: so he/it_made/did ʼElohīm to,the_enemies_of Dāvid and,thus more if leave from=all which/who to=him/it until the,morning one_urinating on,a_wall )
David is referring by association to the males in Nabal’s household. In his anger, he is using an expression that might be considered vulgar in some cultures. If it would not be appropriate for your readers if you reproduced this exact expression, you could use an equivalent expression that would reflect David’s anger. You could also use plain language. Alternate translation: [every single one of the men in his household]
OET-LV Thus god may_he_do to_the_enemies_of Dāvid and_thus may_he_add if I_will_leave from_all that to_him/it until the_morning one_who_urinates on_a_wall.
OET (OET-RV) May God preserve my enemies, if I don’t eliminate all of the older and young men in his household before the morning.
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.