OET interlinear 1 SAM 5:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

בֵּ֣ית דָּג֑וֹן

(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_took Pəlishtiy DOM ark_of the=ʼElohīm and,they_brought DOM=him/it house_of Dāgōn and,they_placed DOM=him/it beside Dāgōn )

The author is speaking as if Dagon’s temple were a house in which he lived. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the temple of Dagon]

Note 2 topic: translate-names

דָּג֑וֹן

(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_took Pəlishtiy DOM ark_of the=ʼElohīm and,they_brought DOM=him/it house_of Dāgōn and,they_placed DOM=him/it beside Dāgōn )

The word Dagon is the name of a false god that the Philistines worshiped.

Note 3 topic: translate-symaction

וַ⁠יַּצִּ֥יגוּ אֹת֖⁠וֹ אֵ֥צֶל דָּגֽוֹן

(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_took Pəlishtiy DOM ark_of the=ʼElohīm and,they_brought DOM=him/it house_of Dāgōn and,they_placed DOM=him/it beside Dāgōn )

Placing the Box of Yahweh beside Dagon in his temple was a symbolic action by which the Philistines were asserting that Dagon had defeated Yahweh and thus his people, the Israelites. They were treating the Box of God as a trophy of victory. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action. Alternate translation: [And they placed it beside Dagon to suggest that Dagon had defeated Yahweh]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

דָּג֑וֹן

(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_took Pəlishtiy DOM ark_of the=ʼElohīm and,they_brought DOM=him/it house_of Dāgōn and,they_placed DOM=him/it beside Dāgōn )

The assumes that readers will know that by Dagon, he means the large statue of Dagon that was in the temple at Ashdod. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [the large statue of Dagon in the temple]