OET interlinear 1 SAM 30:16

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns

וַ⁠יֹּ֣רִדֵ֔⁠הוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he,took_him_down and=see/lo/see! spread_out on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face/surface_of all the=earth/land eating and,drinking and,celebrating in,all_of the,plunder (the),great which/who taken from,the_land_of Pelishtim and,from,the_land_of Yehuda )

The pronoun he refers to the Egyptian man, while the pronoun him refers to David. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [And the Egyptian man brought David down]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

וַ⁠יֹּ֣רִדֵ֔⁠הוּ

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he,took_him_down and=see/lo/see! spread_out on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face/surface_of all the=earth/land eating and,drinking and,celebrating in,all_of the,plunder (the),great which/who taken from,the_land_of Pelishtim and,from,the_land_of Yehuda )

The author is using one part of David’s group, David himself, to mean David and his men. You could indicate this by using a plural pronoun. Alternate translation: [And he brought them down]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

עַל־פְּנֵ֣י כָל־הָ⁠אָ֑רֶץ

on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (Some words not found in UHB: and,he,took_him_down and=see/lo/see! spread_out on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face/surface_of all the=earth/land eating and,drinking and,celebrating in,all_of the,plunder (the),great which/who taken from,the_land_of Pelishtim and,from,the_land_of Yehuda )

See how you translated the similar expression in 14:25. Alternate translation: [over the surface of all of the land]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

עַל־פְּנֵ֣י כָל־הָ⁠אָ֑רֶץ

on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (Some words not found in UHB: and,he,took_him_down and=see/lo/see! spread_out on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face/surface_of all the=earth/land eating and,drinking and,celebrating in,all_of the,plunder (the),great which/who taken from,the_land_of Pelishtim and,from,the_land_of Yehuda )

The author is making an overstatement for emphasis. If it would be clearer in your language, you could express the emphasis in a different way. Alternate translation: [in widely scattered groups]

Note 5 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

אֹכְלִ֤ים וְ⁠שֹׁתִים֙ וְ⁠חֹ֣גְגִ֔ים בְּ⁠כֹל֙ הַ⁠שָּׁלָ֣ל הַ⁠גָּד֔וֹל אֲשֶׁ֥ר לָקְח֛וּ מֵ⁠אֶ֥רֶץ פְּלִשְׁתִּ֖ים וּ⁠מֵ⁠אֶ֥רֶץ יְהוּדָֽה

eating (Some words not found in UHB: and,he,took_him_down and=see/lo/see! spread_out on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face/surface_of all the=earth/land eating and,drinking and,celebrating in,all_of the,plunder (the),great which/who taken from,the_land_of Pelishtim and,from,the_land_of Yehuda )

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. It may be helpful to begin a new sentence here. Alternate translation: [Because of all of the great plunder that they had taken from the land of the Philistines and from the land of Judah, they were eating and drinking and celebrating]