InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD ESG JDT 3 MAC SIR 1 MAC 2 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL LAOD PHM EPH PHP 1 TIM TIT 1 PET 2 PET 2 TIM HEB YUD (JUD) 1 YHN (1 JHN) 2 YHN (2 JHN) 3 YHN (3 JHN) REV
InterlinearVerse 1 Sam C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24 C25 C26 C27 C28 C29 C30 C31
1 Sam 9 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27
OET-LV And_YHWH he_had_uncovered DOM the_ear_of Shəmūʼēl a_day one to_(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before Shāʼūl/(Saul) came to_say.
Note 1 topic: writing-background
וַֽיהוָ֔ה גָּלָ֖ה אֶת־אֹ֣זֶן שְׁמוּאֵ֑ל י֣וֹם אֶחָ֔ד לִפְנֵ֥י בֽוֹא־שָׁא֖וּל לֵאמֹֽר
and=YHWH (Some words not found in UHB: and=YHWH he_revealed DOM ear_of Shəmūʼēl/(Samuel) day one(ms) to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before came Shāʼūl/(Saul) to=say )
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 / idiom
גָּלָ֖ה אֶת־אֹ֣זֶן שְׁמוּאֵ֑ל
(Some words not found in UHB: and=YHWH he_revealed DOM ear_of Shəmūʼēl/(Samuel) day one(ms) to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before came Shāʼūl/(Saul) to=say )
The author is using a common expression of this culture to mean that Yahweh had revealed something to Samuel. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [had revealed something to Samuel]
OET-LV And_YHWH he_had_uncovered DOM the_ear_of Shəmūʼēl a_day one to_(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before Shāʼūl/(Saul) came to_say.
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.