InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse 1 Sam C1 C2 C3 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31
1 Sam 4 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Eli
OET-LV And_ the_man _he/it_said to ˊĒlī I am_the_one_who_comes from the_battle_line and_I from the_battle_line I_have_fled the_day and_he/it_said what the_message was_it my_son_of_my.
OET (OET-RV) The man told him, “I’m the one who’s just come from the battle line. I had to fled from the battle line today.”
¶ “What was the issue, my son?” Eli asked.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism
אָֽנֹכִי֙ הַבָּ֣א מִן־הַמַּעֲרָכָ֔ה וַאֲנִ֕י מִן־הַמַּעֲרָכָ֖ה נַ֣סְתִּי הַיּ֑וֹם
I (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said the=man to/towards ˊĒlī I [am]_the,[one_who]_comes from/more_than the_battle,line and,I from/more_than the_battle,line fled the=day and=he/it_said what it_became the,word my_son_of,my )
The messenger is using poetic language to introduce the solemn news that he must share. Following the conventions of Hebrew poetry, he is saying something and then repeating the idea in different words. It may be helpful in your translation to connect these phrases with a word other than and to show that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: [I have just come from the battle lines, indeed, I myself fled from them today]
Note 2 topic: writing-politeness
בְּנִֽי
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said the=man to/towards ˊĒlī I [am]_the,[one_who]_comes from/more_than the_battle,line and,I from/more_than the_battle,line fled the=day and=he/it_said what it_became the,word my_son_of,my )
Eli is addressing the messenger with a polite and gentle expression. Use a comparable title or expression for addressing someone politely and gently in your language. Alternate translation: [young man]
OET-LV And_ the_man _he/it_said to ˊĒlī I am_the_one_who_comes from the_battle_line and_I from the_battle_line I_have_fled the_day and_he/it_said what the_message was_it my_son_of_my.
OET (OET-RV) The man told him, “I’m the one who’s just come from the battle line. I had to fled from the battle line today.”
¶ “What was the issue, my son?” Eli asked.
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.
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