OET interlinear 1 SAM 4:21

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-names

אִֽי־כָבוֹד֙

I- -chabod

The name Ichabod means “no glory.” If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain this in a footnote.

Note 2 topic: writing-quotations

לֵ⁠אמֹ֔ר

to=say

See the discussion of the term saying in the Introduction to 1 Samuel. It may not be necessary to represent this term explicitly.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

אֶל־הִלָּקַח֙ אֲר֣וֹן הָ⁠אֱלֹהִ֔ים

to/towards (Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_called/named (to),lad I- -chabod to=say departed glory from,Israel to/towards capture ark_of the=ʼElohīm and=near/to father-in-law_of,her and,husband_of,her )

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: [about the Philistines taking of the Box of God]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וְ⁠אֶל־חָמִ֖י⁠הָ וְ⁠אִישָֽׁ⁠הּ

and=near/to father-in-law_of,her (Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_called/named (to),lad I- -chabod to=say departed glory from,Israel to/towards capture ark_of the=ʼElohīm and=near/to father-in-law_of,her and,husband_of,her )

The author is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [and about the deaths of her father-in-law and her husband]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

וְ⁠אֶל־חָמִ֖י⁠הָ וְ⁠אִישָֽׁ⁠הּ

and=near/to father-in-law_of,her (Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_called/named (to),lad I- -chabod to=say departed glory from,Israel to/towards capture ark_of the=ʼElohīm and=near/to father-in-law_of,her and,husband_of,her )

See how you translated the similar expression in 4:19. Alternate translation: [and about her husband and her father-in-law]