OET interlinear 2 SAM 14:11

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

יִזְכָּר־נָ֨א הַ⁠מֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶת־יְהוָ֣ה אֱלֹהֶ֗י⁠ךָ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_said invoke now the=king DOM YHWH God_of,your מ,הרבית avenger_of of_(the),blood to,destroy and=not destroyed DOM son_of,my and=he/it_said he/it_lived YHWH if fall one,of_the_hair[s]_of your_son_of,your ground,to_[the] )

The woman is using remember Yahweh your God as a common expression of her culture to mean “swear an oath by Yahweh your God.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [May you, the king, please swear an oath by Yahweh your God]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

מ⁠הרבית גֹּאֵ֤ל הַ⁠דָּם֙ לְ⁠שַׁחֵ֔ת

מ,הרבית (Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_said invoke now the=king DOM YHWH God_of,your מ,הרבית avenger_of of_(the),blood to,destroy and=not destroyed DOM son_of,my and=he/it_said he/it_lived YHWH if fall one,of_the_hair[s]_of your_son_of,your ground,to_[the] )

The implication is that the woman wants the king to protect her son from the avenger of blood who is trying to kill him, since that would increase the number of people who had died. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [so that the avenger of blood will not cause any further destruction of life]

Note 3 topic: writing-pronouns

וְ⁠לֹ֥א יַשְׁמִ֖ידוּ אֶת־בְּנִ֑⁠י

and=not (Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_said invoke now the=king DOM YHWH God_of,your מ,הרבית avenger_of of_(the),blood to,destroy and=not destroyed DOM son_of,my and=he/it_said he/it_lived YHWH if fall one,of_the_hair[s]_of your_son_of,your ground,to_[the] )

Here the author is using the pronoun they in a general sense, not to refer to specific people. Use an expression for this that would be natural in your language. Alternate translation: [Then no one will destroy my son] or [Then my son will not be destroyed]

Note 4 topic: writing-oathformula

חַי־יְהוָ֔ה אִם־יִפֹּ֛ל מִ⁠שַּׂעֲרַ֥ת בְּנֵ֖⁠ךְ אָֽרְצָ⁠ה

he/it_lived YHWH if (Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_said invoke now the=king DOM YHWH God_of,your מ,הרבית avenger_of of_(the),blood to,destroy and=not destroyed DOM son_of,my and=he/it_said he/it_lived YHWH if fall one,of_the_hair[s]_of your_son_of,your ground,to_[the] )

Following the custom of his culture, David is swearing an oath and guaranteeing it by something that he holds sacred. He is then stating the first part of a condition (“if”) but not the second part (“then”). If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explicitly state the second part of this condition. Alternate translation: [I swear by Yahweh that not a single hair from your son will fall to the ground. If he suffers any harm, then may Yahweh punish me severely]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

אִם־יִפֹּ֛ל מִ⁠שַּׂעֲרַ֥ת בְּנֵ֖⁠ךְ אָֽרְצָ⁠ה

if (Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_said invoke now the=king DOM YHWH God_of,your מ,הרבית avenger_of of_(the),blood to,destroy and=not destroyed DOM son_of,my and=he/it_said he/it_lived YHWH if fall one,of_the_hair[s]_of your_son_of,your ground,to_[the] )

David is using one small part of the woman’s son, implicitly a single strand from his hair, to emphasize that he will not allow any harm to come to him at all. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. If you have already translated the book of 1 Samuel, see how you translated the same expression in 1 Samuel 14:45. Alternate translation: [I swear that no one shall harm your son in the slightest way]