OET interlinear 1SA 26:19

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

אֵ֖ת דִּבְרֵ֣י עַבְדּ֑⁠וֹ

DOM words_of servant_of,his

David is using the term words by association to mean what he has to say. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [what his servant has to say]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

אֵ֖ת דִּבְרֵ֣י עַבְדּ֑⁠וֹ

DOM words_of servant_of,his

David is speaking about himself in the third person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this in the first person. Alternate translation: [what I, his servant, have to say]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

יָרַ֣ח מִנְחָ֔ה

accept donation/offering

David is using the term smell by association to mean accept. In the Israelite sacrificial system, when Yahweh accepted an offering, he was understood to be pleased with its smell. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [may he accept an offering]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וְ⁠אִ֣ם ׀ בְּנֵ֣י הָ⁠אָדָ֗ם

and=if sons_of the=humankind

David is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [But if sons of man have incited you against me]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

בְּנֵ֣י הָ⁠אָדָ֗ם

sons_of the=humankind

Here the masculine terms sons and man have a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use language in your translation that is clearly inclusive of both men and women. Alternate translation: [human beings]

Note 6 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

אֲרוּרִ֥ים הֵם֙ לִ⁠פְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה כִּֽי־גֵרְשׁ֣וּ⁠נִי הַ⁠יּ֗וֹם מֵ⁠הִסְתַּפֵּ֜חַ בְּ⁠נַחֲלַ֤ת יְהוָה֙ לֵ⁠אמֹ֔ר לֵ֥ךְ עֲבֹ֖ד אֱלֹהִ֥ים אֲחֵרִֽים

cursed they to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH that/for/because/then/when driven_~_out,me the=day from,sharing in/on/at/with,inheritance_of YHWH to=say go serve ʼElohīm other

If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the result that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: [since they have driven me out today from joining myself with the inheritance of Yahweh, saying, ‘Go, serve other gods,’ may they be cursed to the face of Yahweh]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

אֲרוּרִ֥ים הֵם֙ לִ⁠פְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה

cursed they to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH

David is using the term face by association to mean Yahweh’s regard or attention. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [may they be cursed in Yahweh’s regard]

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

אֲרוּרִ֥ים הֵם֙ לִ⁠פְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה

cursed they to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH

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: [may Yahweh regard them as people whom he should curse] or [may Yahweh curse them]

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מֵ⁠הִסְתַּפֵּ֜חַ בְּ⁠נַחֲלַ֤ת יְהוָה֙

from,sharing in/on/at/with,inheritance_of YHWH

David is speaking as if the people of Israel were something that Yahweh had inherited as a lasting possession. He means that the Israelites belong to Yahweh perpetually. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. See how you translated the similar expression in [10:1](../10/01.md). Alternate translation: [from living together with his chosen people] or [from living among the other Israelites]

Note 10 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

לֵ⁠אמֹ֔ר לֵ֥ךְ עֲבֹ֖ד אֱלֹהִ֥ים אֲחֵרִֽים

to=say go serve ʼElohīm other

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [telling me to go and serve other gods]

Note 11 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

לֵ֥ךְ עֲבֹ֖ד אֱלֹהִ֥ים אֲחֵרִֽים

go serve ʼElohīm other

By Go, serve other gods, David means that his enemies are forcing him to live in another country, where the people worship other gods. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [Go and live in another country, where the people worship other gods]