OET interlinear 2 SAM 12:30

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: translate-bweight

וּ⁠מִשְׁקָלָ֨⁠הּ כִּכַּ֤ר זָהָב֙

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_took DOM crown_of their_king_of,their from=under his/its=head and,weight_of,its talent_of gold and=stone_of precious and=it_became on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in head Dāvid's and,the_plunder_of the=city brought_out a_~_greatamount very )

A talent of gold weighed about 34 kilograms or 75 pounds. In your translation, you could use the ancient measurement and spell the word “talent” the way it sounds in your language. You could also use the metric measurement given in the UST or use the measurement that your language and culture customarily use. Alternatively, you could use the ancient measurement and put a modern measurement in parentheses in the text or in a footnote. Alternate translation: [and its weight was 34 kilograms of gold] or [and its weight was 75 pounds of gold]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וּ⁠מִשְׁקָלָ֨⁠הּ כִּכַּ֤ר זָהָב֙

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_took DOM crown_of their_king_of,their from=under his/its=head and,weight_of,its talent_of gold and=stone_of precious and=it_became on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in head Dāvid's and,the_plunder_of the=city brought_out a_~_greatamount very )

It is possible that this expression describes the value of the crown rather than its weight, since a crown weighing 34 kilograms or 75 pounds would have been too heavy to wear. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [and it was worth a talent of gold]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

וְ⁠אֶ֣בֶן יְקָרָ֔ה

and=stone_of precious

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. He seems to be noting one particular precious stone of exceptional value that was in the crown. (One Jewish historian says that it was a very large sardonyx.) This does not mean that there were not other precious stones in the crown as well. Alternate translation: [and one of the stones it contained was especially precious]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

הַרְבֵּ֥ה מְאֹֽד

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_took DOM crown_of their_king_of,their from=under his/its=head and,weight_of,its talent_of gold and=stone_of precious and=it_became on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in head Dāvid's and,the_plunder_of the=city brought_out a_~_greatamount very )

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: [There was very much of it]