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OET (OET-LV) And_surely by_the_life of_YHWH the_god_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) who restrained_me from_harming DOM_you if/because if_not you_had_made_haste and_come[fn] to_meet_me if/because if he_has_been_left to_Nāⱱāl until the_light_of the_morning one_who_urinates in/on/at/with_wall.
25:34 OSHB variant note: ו/תבאתי: (x-qere) ’וַ/תָּבֹאת֙’: lemma_c/935 n_0.1.0 morph_HC/Vqw2fs id_09vDG וַ/תָּבֹאת֙
OET (OET-RV) Yes indeed, as Yahweh lives, Israel’s God prevented me from harming you. If you hadn’t hurried here to meet me, certainly neither Nabal nor any of his older or young men would have survived to see the morning light.
Note 1 topic: writing-oathformula
חַי־יְהוָה֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
he/it_lived YHWH god_of Yisrael
Following the custom of his culture, David iis swearing an oath by guaranteeing it by something he holds sacred. Use a natural way in your language to express an oath. Alternate translation: [I swear by Yahweh, the God of Israel]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
מֵהָרַ֖ע אֹתָ֑ךְ
from,harming DOM,you
By harming, David means causing Abigail great loss and sorrow by killing her husband and the men of her household. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [from causing you great loss and sorrow]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys
מִהַ֗רְתְּ וַתָּבֹאת֙
quickly (Some words not found in UHB: and,surely he/it_lived YHWH god_of Yisrael which/who restrained,me from,harming DOM,you that/for/because/then/when if_~_not quickly and,come to,meet,me that/for/because/then/when if left to,Nabal until light the,morning one_urinating in/on/at/with,wall )
This expression conveys a single idea by using two words connected with and. The word hurried tells in what way Abigail came. Alternate translation: [you had hurriedly come]
Note 4 topic: writing-oathformula
כִּ֣י אִם־נוֹתַ֧ר לְנָבָ֛ל עַד־א֥וֹר הַבֹּ֖קֶר מַשְׁתִּ֥ין בְּקִֽיר
that/for/because/then/when that/for/because/then/when if left to,Nabal until light the,morning one_urinating in/on/at/with,wall
David is referring to the oath he made in verse 22. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could indicate this explicitly. Alternate translation: [that I would have kept my oath not to leave to Nabal until the light of the morning one pissing against the wall]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
אִם־נוֹתַ֧ר לְנָבָ֛ל & מַשְׁתִּ֥ין בְּקִֽיר
if left to,Nabal & one_urinating in/on/at/with,wall
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: [I would not have left to Nabal one pissing against the wall]
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
מַשְׁתִּ֥ין בְּקִֽיר
one_urinating in/on/at/with,wall
David is using this expression by association to mean any male person. See how you translated the same expression in [25:22](../25/22.md). Alternate translation: [even one male person]
25:1-44 This episode about Nabal falls between two accounts in which Saul pursued David and David spared Saul’s life. Nabal was similar to Saul.
OET (OET-LV) And_surely by_the_life of_YHWH the_god_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) who restrained_me from_harming DOM_you if/because if_not you_had_made_haste and_come[fn] to_meet_me if/because if he_has_been_left to_Nāⱱāl until the_light_of the_morning one_who_urinates in/on/at/with_wall.
25:34 OSHB variant note: ו/תבאתי: (x-qere) ’וַ/תָּבֹאת֙’: lemma_c/935 n_0.1.0 morph_HC/Vqw2fs id_09vDG וַ/תָּבֹאת֙
OET (OET-RV) Yes indeed, as Yahweh lives, Israel’s God prevented me from harming you. If you hadn’t hurried here to meet me, certainly neither Nabal nor any of his older or young men would have survived to see the morning light.
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.