InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse 1 Sam C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C29 C30 C31
1 Sam 28 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Saul
OET-LV And_ Shāʼūl _he/it_said to_servants_of_his seek to_me a_woman_of (of)_a_mistress_of necromancy so_that_I_may_go to_her/it and_so_that_I_may_consult (in)_her and_ servants_of_his _they_said to_him/it THERE a_woman_of (of)_a_mistress_of necromancy is_Endor Endor.
OET (OET-RV) Then Sha’ul instructed his servants, “Find a woman for me who talks to the spirits of dead people, so I can go to her and ask her something.”
¶ “Sure,” his servants told him, “there’s a woman in Eyn-Dor who can do that.”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / possession
אֵ֣שֶׁת בַּעֲלַת & אֵ֥שֶׁת בַּֽעֲלַת
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Shāʼūl/(Saul) to,servants_of,his find to=me wife_of mistress_of medium so,that_I_may_go to=her/it and,so_that_I_may_consult (in),her and=they_said servants_of,his to=him/it see/lo/see! wife_of mistress_of medium [is],Endor Endor )
Saul and the servants are using this possessive form to mean that this woman is the mistress or owner of the pit. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [a woman who is the owner of … a woman who is the owner of]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
הִנֵּ֛ה
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Shāʼūl/(Saul) to,servants_of,his find to=me wife_of mistress_of medium so,that_I_may_go to=her/it and,so_that_I_may_consult (in),her and=they_said servants_of,his to=him/it see/lo/see! wife_of mistress_of medium [is],Endor Endor )
The servants are speaking as if they were showing Saul something that he could see. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Listen] or [Pay attention to what I am about to tell you]
Note 3 topic: writing-participants
אֵ֥שֶׁת בַּֽעֲלַת־א֖וֹב בְּעֵ֥ין דּֽוֹר
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Shāʼūl/(Saul) to,servants_of,his find to=me wife_of mistress_of medium so,that_I_may_go to=her/it and,so_that_I_may_consult (in),her and=they_said servants_of,his to=him/it see/lo/see! wife_of mistress_of medium [is],Endor Endor )
The author is quoting what Saul’s servants said in order to introduce this woman as a new participant in the story. Your language may have its own way of introducing new participants that you can use in your translation. Alternate translation: [there is a certain woman in Endor who owns a ritual pit]
OET-LV And_ Shāʼūl _he/it_said to_servants_of_his seek to_me a_woman_of (of)_a_mistress_of necromancy so_that_I_may_go to_her/it and_so_that_I_may_consult (in)_her and_ servants_of_his _they_said to_him/it THERE a_woman_of (of)_a_mistress_of necromancy is_Endor Endor.
OET (OET-RV) Then Sha’ul instructed his servants, “Find a woman for me who talks to the spirits of dead people, so I can go to her and ask her something.”
¶ “Sure,” his servants told him, “there’s a woman in Eyn-Dor who can do that.”
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.