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People tagged in the matching LV passage: Abigail (SA1 25:3) · David
Dictionary: David
OET-LV And_ ʼAⱱīgayil _she/it_saw DOM Dāvid and_she_made_haste and_she_came_down from_under the_donkey and_she_fell to_the_face_of Dāvid on face_of_her and_she_bowed_down the_ground.
OET (OET-RV) When Avigayil saw David, she quickly dismounted from the donkey and fell to her knees in front of David and bowed her face to the ground.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys
וַתְּמַהֵ֕ר וַתֵּ֖רֶד
(Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_saw ʼAⱱīgayil DOM Dāvid and,she_made_haste and,she_came_down from=under the,donkey and,she_fell to,the_face_of Dāvid on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face_of,her and,she_bowed_down ground )
This expression conveys a single idea by using two words connected with and. The word hurried tells in what way Abigail got down. Alternate translation: [and she hurriedly got down]
Note 2 topic: translate-symaction
וַתִּפֹּ֞ל לְאַפֵּ֤י דָוִד֙ עַל־פָּנֶ֔יהָ וַתִּשְׁתַּ֖חוּ אָֽרֶץ
(Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_saw ʼAⱱīgayil DOM Dāvid and,she_made_haste and,she_came_down from=under the,donkey and,she_fell to,the_face_of Dāvid on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face_of,her and,she_bowed_down ground )
This was a symbolic action by which Abigail was showing great honor to David. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action. See how you translated the similar expression in 20:41. Alternate translation: [and she knelt down and pressed her face to the ground in front of David to honor him]
OET-LV And_ ʼAⱱīgayil _she/it_saw DOM Dāvid and_she_made_haste and_she_came_down from_under the_donkey and_she_fell to_the_face_of Dāvid on face_of_her and_she_bowed_down the_ground.
OET (OET-RV) When Avigayil saw David, she quickly dismounted from the donkey and fell to her knees in front of David and bowed her face to the ground.
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.