OET interlinear 1 SAM 4:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וַ⁠יִּנָּ֥גֶף יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לִ⁠פְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים

(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_deployed Pəlishtiy to,meet Yisrael and,it_spread_out the,battle and,it_was_defeated Yisrael to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before Pəlishtiy and,they_struck_down in,line in_the=field about,four_of thousand (a)_man )

See the discussion of the term face in the Introduction to 1 Samuel, and see how you translated the similar expression in 1:12. Alternate translation: [and Israel was struck by the Philistines]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וַ⁠יִּנָּ֥גֶף יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לִ⁠פְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים

(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_deployed Pəlishtiy to,meet Yisrael and,it_spread_out the,battle and,it_was_defeated Yisrael to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before Pəlishtiy and,they_struck_down in,line in_the=field about,four_of thousand (a)_man )

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: [and the Philistines struck the Israelites]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַ⁠יִּנָּ֥גֶף יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל לִ⁠פְנֵ֣י פְלִשְׁתִּ֑ים

(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_deployed Pəlishtiy to,meet Yisrael and,it_spread_out the,battle and,it_was_defeated Yisrael to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before Pəlishtiy and,they_struck_down in,line in_the=field about,four_of thousand (a)_man )

The word translated was struck here, meaning “was defeated,” is different from the one in the next sentence translated they struck, meaning “they killed.” Alternate translation: [and Israel was defeated by the Philistines] or [and the Philistines defeated the Israelites]

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

וַ⁠יַּכּ֤וּ

(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_deployed Pəlishtiy to,meet Yisrael and,it_spread_out the,battle and,it_was_defeated Yisrael to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before Pəlishtiy and,they_struck_down in,line in_the=field about,four_of thousand (a)_man )

The pronoun they refers to the Philistine soldiers. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [And the Philistines struck]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַ⁠יַּכּ֤וּ

(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_deployed Pəlishtiy to,meet Yisrael and,it_spread_out the,battle and,it_was_defeated Yisrael to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before Pəlishtiy and,they_struck_down in,line in_the=field about,four_of thousand (a)_man )

See the discussion of the term struck in the Introduction to 1 Samuel. Alternate translation: [And they killed]