OET interlinear 1 SAM 30:12

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וַ⁠תָּ֥שָׁב רוּח֖⁠וֹ אֵלָ֑י⁠ו

(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_gave to=him/it piece_of fig_cake and,two_of clusters_of_raisins and,he_ate and,it_returned his/its=breath/wind/spirit to=him/it that/for/because/then/when not eaten food/grain/bread and=not drunk waters three days and,three nights )

The author is speaking as if the man’s spirit had left him and then returned. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and he regained his strength]

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-words-phrases

כִּ֠י

(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_gave to=him/it piece_of fig_cake and,two_of clusters_of_raisins and,he_ate and,it_returned his/its=breath/wind/spirit to=him/it that/for/because/then/when not eaten food/grain/bread and=not drunk waters three days and,three nights )

Here the word For introduces not a reason but a further explanation. Alternate translation: [He had been so weak because]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

לֹֽא־אָ֤כַל לֶ֨חֶם֙ וְ⁠לֹא־שָׁ֣תָה מַ֔יִם שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה יָמִ֖ים וּ⁠שְׁלֹשָׁ֥ה לֵילֽוֹת

not eaten food/grain/bread and=not (Some words not found in UHB: and,they_gave to=him/it piece_of fig_cake and,two_of clusters_of_raisins and,he_ate and,it_returned his/its=breath/wind/spirit to=him/it that/for/because/then/when not eaten food/grain/bread and=not drunk waters three days and,three nights )

The author is using a common expression of his culture to describe a period of time. See how you translated the similar expression in [4:7](../04/07.md). Alternate translation: [this was the first time since two days earlier that he had eaten any bread or drunk any water]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

לֶ֨חֶם֙

food/grain/bread

Since he refers to a fig cake and raisin clusters earlier in the verse, here the author is using one kind of food, bread, to mean food in general. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [food]