OET interlinear 1 SAM 4:22

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-background

וַ⁠תֹּ֕אמֶר גָּלָ֥ה כָב֖וֹד מִ⁠יִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּ֥י נִלְקַ֖ח אֲר֥וֹן הָ⁠אֱלֹהִֽים

(Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_said departed glory from,Israel that/for/because/then/when captured ark_of the=ʼElohīm )

The author is providing background information to help readers understand more specifically what has happened 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 / quotations

וַ⁠תֹּ֕אמֶר גָּלָ֥ה כָב֖וֹד מִ⁠יִּשְׂרָאֵ֑ל כִּ֥י נִלְקַ֖ח אֲר֥וֹן הָ⁠אֱלֹהִֽים

(Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_said departed glory from,Israel that/for/because/then/when captured ark_of the=ʼElohīm )

The quotation from Phinehas’s wife may extend to the end of the verse. Alternate translation: [And she said, “The glory has departed from Israel, for the Box of God had been taken!”]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

נִלְקַ֖ח אֲר֥וֹן הָ⁠אֱלֹהִֽים

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: [the Philistines had taken the Box of God]