OET interlinear 1 SAM 4:1

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-endofstory

וַ⁠יְהִ֥י דְבַר־שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל לְ⁠כָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל

and=he/it_was word_of (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was word_of Shəmū^ʼēl/(Samuel) to/from=all/each/any/every Yisrael and=he/it_went_out Yisrael to,meet Pelishtim for,battle and,they_encamped on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (the),Eben- -ezer and_[the],Philistines encamped at,Aphek )

See the discussion in the Introduction to this chapter of how you might format this sentence to show that it is part of the author’s conclusion in 3:19–21 of the story of how Samuel became a prophet.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וַ⁠יְהִ֥י דְבַר־שְׁמוּאֵ֖ל לְ⁠כָל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל

and=he/it_was word_of (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was word_of Shəmū^ʼēl/(Samuel) to/from=all/each/any/every Yisrael and=he/it_went_out Yisrael to,meet Pelishtim for,battle and,they_encamped on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (the),Eben- -ezer and_[the],Philistines encamped at,Aphek )

The author is using the term word to represent what Samuel said by using words. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [And Samuel spoke messages to all Israel]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל וַ⁠יֵּצֵ֣א יִשְׂרָאֵל֩

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was word_of Shəmū^ʼēl/(Samuel) to/from=all/each/any/every Yisrael and=he/it_went_out Yisrael to,meet Pelishtim for,battle and,they_encamped on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (the),Eben- -ezer and_[the],Philistines encamped at,Aphek )

See the discussion in the Introduction to 1 Samuel of the use of the name of an ancestor to mean his descendants, and see how you translated this usage in 1:17. Alternate translation: [the Israelites. Now the Israelites went out]