OET interlinear 2 SAM 11:21

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

מִֽי־הִכָּ֞ה אֶת־אֲבִימֶ֣לֶךְ בֶּן־יְרֻבֶּ֗שֶׁת הֲ⁠לֽוֹא־אִשָּׁ֡ה הִשְׁלִ֣יכָה עָלָי⁠ו֩ פֶּ֨לַח רֶ֜כֶב מֵ⁠עַ֤ל הַֽ⁠חוֹמָה֙ וַ⁠יָּ֣מָת בְּ⁠תֵבֵ֔ץ לָ֥⁠מָּה נִגַּשְׁתֶּ֖ם אֶל־הַֽ⁠חוֹמָ֑ה

who? (Some words not found in UHB: who? killed DOM ʼAⱱīmelek son_of Yərubeshet/(Jerubbesheth) am=not woman/wife throw on/upon/above=him/it half_of grinding_stone from=under the,wall and=he/it_died in,Thebez to/for=what go_~_near to/towards the,wall and,you_will_say also/yet servant_of,your ʼŪriy^yāh the,Hittite dead )

If, in the previous verse, you translated the first two questions that Joab suggests David might ask so that there was not a quotation within a quotation, you can continue doing that here. Alternate translation: [He may ask you who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth. He may ask whether it was not a woman who threw a piece of a millstone onto him from the wall so that he died in Thebez. He may ask you why we drew near to the wall]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

מִֽי־הִכָּ֞ה אֶת־אֲבִימֶ֣לֶךְ בֶּן־יְרֻבֶּ֗שֶׁת הֲ⁠לֽוֹא־אִשָּׁ֡ה הִשְׁלִ֣יכָה עָלָי⁠ו֩ פֶּ֨לַח רֶ֜כֶב מֵ⁠עַ֤ל הַֽ⁠חוֹמָה֙ וַ⁠יָּ֣מָת בְּ⁠תֵבֵ֔ץ לָ֥⁠מָּה נִגַּשְׁתֶּ֖ם אֶל־הַֽ⁠חוֹמָ֑ה

who? (Some words not found in UHB: who? killed DOM ʼAⱱīmelek son_of Yərubeshet/(Jerubbesheth) am=not woman/wife throw on/upon/above=him/it half_of grinding_stone from=under the,wall and=he/it_died in,Thebez to/for=what go_~_near to/towards the,wall and,you_will_say also/yet servant_of,your ʼŪriy^yāh the,Hittite dead )

Joab continues to anticipate that David may use the question form to rebuke the army. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate these questions as statements or as exclamations. Alternate translation: [Remember who struck Abimelech the son of Jerubbesheth! It was a woman who threw a piece of a millstone onto him from the wall, so that he died in Thebez! You should not have drawn near to the wall!]

Note 3 topic: translate-names

יְרֻבֶּ֗שֶׁת

(Some words not found in UHB: who? killed DOM ʼAⱱīmelek son_of Yərubeshet/(Jerubbesheth) am=not woman/wife throw on/upon/above=him/it half_of grinding_stone from=under the,wall and=he/it_died in,Thebez to/for=what go_~_near to/towards the,wall and,you_will_say also/yet servant_of,your ʼŪriy^yāh the,Hittite dead )

Jerubbesheth is another name for the person who is called Jerubbaal in the book of Judges. (That was a second name that people gave to Gideon.) Here in this book, either the original author or later scribes did not want to reproduce the name “Baal,” since that was the name of a foreign god whom the Israelites detested. So the author or scribes replaced “baal” with “besheth,” a Hebrew word that means “shame.” We recommend that you use the name Jerubbesheth in your translation to reflect this. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain in a footnote that this is the same person known as Jerubbaal or Gideon in Judges.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

וְ⁠אָ֣מַרְתָּ֔ גַּ֗ם עַבְדְּ⁠ךָ֛ אוּרִיָּ֥ה הַ⁠חִתִּ֖י מֵֽת

(Some words not found in UHB: who? killed DOM ʼAⱱīmelek son_of Yərubeshet/(Jerubbesheth) am=not woman/wife throw on/upon/above=him/it half_of grinding_stone from=under the,wall and=he/it_died in,Thebez to/for=what go_~_near to/towards the,wall and,you_will_say also/yet servant_of,your ʼŪriy^yāh the,Hittite dead )

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [then you shall tell him that his servant Uriah the Hittite is also dead]