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OET (OET-LV) And_arrived and_see/lo/see ˊĒlī was_sitting on the_seat the_side_of[fn] the_road watching if/because it_was his/its_heart trembling on the_ark_of the_ʼElohīm and_the_man he_came to_announce in/on/at/with_city and_ all_of _cried_out the_city.
4:13 OSHB variant note: יך: (x-qere) ’יַ֥ד’: lemma_3027 morph_HNcbsc id_09KHf יַ֥ד
OET (OET-RV) When he arrived there, Eli was sitting on a roadside seat watching, because he was very concerned about the sacred chest. As the man entered the city with the news, all the people started wailing loudly.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
וְהִנֵּ֣ה
and=see/lo/see!
See how you translated the similar expression in [2:31](../02/31.md). Alternate translation: [and this was the situation]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
מְצַפֶּ֔ה
watching
Since the author explains in [4:15](../04/15.md) 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
בָּעִ֔יר וַתִּזְעַ֖ק כָּל
in/on/at/with,city and,cried_out all/each/any/every
The author is using the term city by association to mean the people of the city. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [all of the people of the city cried out]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole
בָּעִ֔יר וַתִּזְעַ֖ק כָּל
in/on/at/with,city and,cried_out all/each/any/every
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]
4:1b–7:2 The crisis surrounding the Ark of the Covenant demonstrated Israel’s need for Samuel’s leadership and fulfilled prophecies about Eli and his sons (3:11-14).
OET (OET-LV) And_arrived and_see/lo/see ˊĒlī was_sitting on the_seat the_side_of[fn] the_road watching if/because it_was his/its_heart trembling on the_ark_of the_ʼElohīm and_the_man he_came to_announce in/on/at/with_city and_ all_of _cried_out the_city.
4:13 OSHB variant note: יך: (x-qere) ’יַ֥ד’: lemma_3027 morph_HNcbsc id_09KHf יַ֥ד
OET (OET-RV) When he arrived there, Eli was sitting on a roadside seat watching, because he was very concerned about the sacred chest. As the man entered the city with the news, all the people started wailing loudly.
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.