OET interlinear 1 SAM 27:9

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וְ⁠הִכָּ֤ה דָוִד֙ אֶת־הָ⁠אָ֔רֶץ וְ⁠לֹ֥א יְחַיֶּ֖ה אִ֣ישׁ וְ⁠אִשָּׁ֑ה

and,he_attacked Dāvid DOM the=earth/land and=not leave_~_alive (a)_man and,a_woman

The author is using the term land by association to mean the people who lived in the land. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [And David struck the people who lived there and did not let a man or a woman live]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠הִכָּ֤ה דָוִד֙ אֶת־הָ⁠אָ֔רֶץ וְ⁠לֹ֥א יְחַיֶּ֖ה אִ֣ישׁ וְ⁠אִשָּׁ֑ה

and,he_attacked Dāvid DOM the=earth/land and=not leave_~_alive (a)_man and,a_woman

Here the context shows that the term struck means “killed,” as it often does elsewhere in the book. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [And David killed the people and did not let a man or a woman live]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / merism

וְ⁠הִכָּ֤ה דָוִד֙ אֶת־הָ⁠אָ֔רֶץ וְ⁠לֹ֥א יְחַיֶּ֖ה אִ֣ישׁ וְ⁠אִשָּׁ֑ה

and,he_attacked Dāvid DOM the=earth/land and=not leave_~_alive (a)_man and,a_woman

The author is speaking of two basic types of people, man and woman, in order to mean all people. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [And David struck the land and did not let anyone live]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

וְ⁠הִכָּ֤ה דָוִד֙ אֶת־הָ⁠אָ֔רֶץ וְ⁠לֹ֥א יְחַיֶּ֖ה אִ֣ישׁ וְ⁠אִשָּׁ֑ה

and,he_attacked Dāvid DOM the=earth/land and=not leave_~_alive (a)_man and,a_woman

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. If it would be clearer in your language, you could combine them. Alternate translation: [And David killed every one of the people]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / extrainfo

וְ⁠לֹ֥א יְחַיֶּ֖ה אִ֣ישׁ וְ⁠אִשָּׁ֑ה

and=not leave_~_alive (a)_man and,a_woman

Since the author indicates in [27:11](../27/11.md) the reason why David killed all the people, you do not need to explain that reason here.