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OET (OET-LV) And_daughter-in-law_of_his the_wife_of Pinḩāş was_pregnant to_give_birth and_heard DOM the_news concerning the_being_taken of_the_ark_of the_ʼElohīm and_dead father-in-law_of_her and_husband_of_her and_bowed and_she/it_gave_birth if/because they_turned on/upon_it(f) pains_of_her.
OET (OET-RV) Now Finehas’ wife (Eli’s daughter-in-law) was pregnant—about to give birth—when she heard the news about the sacred chest being taken, and that both her father-in-law and her husband had died. At that moment, she knelt down and gave birth because the birth pains suddenly started.
Note 1 topic: writing-background
וְכַלָּת֣וֹ אֵֽשֶׁת־פִּינְחָס֮ הָרָ֣ה לָלַת֒
and,daughter-in-law_of,his wife_of Pinḩāş pregnant to,give_birth
The author is providing background information to help readers understand what happens next in the story. In your translation, introduce this information in a way that would be natural in your own language and culture.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
אֶל־הִלָּקַח֙ אֲר֣וֹן הָאֱלֹהִ֔ים
to/towards captured ark_of the=ʼElohīm
If your language does not use this passive form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [that the Philistines had taken the Box of God]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure
וּמֵ֥ת חָמִ֖יהָ וְאִישָׁ֑הּ
and,dead father-in-law_of,her and,husband_of,her
It may be more natural in your language and culture to put the information about her husband before the information about her father-in-law. Alternate translation: [and that her husband and her father-in-law had died]
Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
וַתִּכְרַ֣ע וַתֵּ֔לֶד כִּֽי־נֶהֶפְכ֥וּ עָלֶ֖יהָ צִרֶֽיהָ
and,bowed and=she/it_gave_birth that/for/because/then/when came on/upon=it(f) pains_of,her
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. Alternate translation: [And her pangs turned themselves upon her, so she knelt down and gave birth]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
נֶהֶפְכ֥וּ עָלֶ֖יהָ צִרֶֽיהָ
came on/upon=it(f) pains_of,her
The author is using a common expression of his culture to describe childbirth. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation. Alternate translation: [she abruptly went into labor]
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_daughter-in-law_of_his the_wife_of Pinḩāş was_pregnant to_give_birth and_heard DOM the_news concerning the_being_taken of_the_ark_of the_ʼElohīm and_dead father-in-law_of_her and_husband_of_her and_bowed and_she/it_gave_birth if/because they_turned on/upon_it(f) pains_of_her.
OET (OET-RV) Now Finehas’ wife (Eli’s daughter-in-law) was pregnant—about to give birth—when she heard the news about the sacred chest being taken, and that both her father-in-law and her husband had died. At that moment, she knelt down and gave birth because the birth pains suddenly started.
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.