OET interlinear 1 SAM 4:13

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠הִנֵּ֣ה

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_came and=see/lo/see! ˊĒlī was_sitting on/upon the=seat by_of road/way_of watching that/for/because/then/when it_became his/its=heart anxious on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in ark_of the=ʼElohīm and,the,man he/it_came to=announce in,city and,it_cried_out all/each/any/every the=city )

The author is using the term behold to call attention to what he is about to say. See how you translated the similar expression in 2:31, where Yahweh uses the term in the same way.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

מְצַפֶּ֔ה

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_came and=see/lo/see! ˊĒlī was_sitting on/upon the=seat by_of road/way_of watching that/for/because/then/when it_became his/its=heart anxious on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in ark_of the=ʼElohīm and,the,man he/it_came to=announce in,city and,it_cried_out all/each/any/every the=city )

Since the author explains in 4:15 that Eli was blind, he does not mean that Eli was literally watching the road to see whether any messengers were coming. He means that Eli was waiting for news and hoping to recognize a messenger from the sound of his arrival. Alternate translation: [waiting]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

הָיָ֤ה לִבּ⁠וֹ֙ חָרֵ֔ד

it_became his/its=heart anxious

The author is using one part of Eli, his heart, to mean all of him in the act of feeling strongly. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [he was greatly afraid]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וַ⁠תִּזְעַ֖ק כָּל־הָ⁠עִֽיר

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_came and=see/lo/see! ˊĒlī was_sitting on/upon the=seat by_of road/way_of watching that/for/because/then/when it_became his/its=heart anxious on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in ark_of the=ʼElohīm and,the,man he/it_came to=announce in,city and,it_cried_out all/each/any/every the=city )

The author is using the term city to represent the people of the city. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [and all of the people of the city cried out]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole

וַ⁠תִּזְעַ֖ק כָּל־הָ⁠עִֽיר

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_came and=see/lo/see! ˊĒlī was_sitting on/upon the=seat by_of road/way_of watching that/for/because/then/when it_became his/its=heart anxious on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in ark_of the=ʼElohīm and,the,man he/it_came to=announce in,city and,it_cried_out all/each/any/every the=city )

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: [and people throughout the city cried out]