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 2 Sam C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24
2 Sam 14 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31 V32
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Absalom · Joab (SA1 26:6)
OET-LV And_ Yōʼāⱱ _he_went to the_king and_he_told to_him/it and_he/it_called (to) ʼAⱱīshālōm and_he_came to the_king and_he_bowed_down to_him/it on face_of_his towards_land to_(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before the_king and_ the_king _he_kissed (to)_ʼAⱱīshālōm.
OET (OET-RV) So Yoav went and informed the king, and he called for Avshalom. When he entered, he knelt and bowed his face to the ground in front of the king, and then the king kissed him.
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
וַיִּקְרָ֤א אֶל־אַבְשָׁלוֹם֙
(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_went Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) to/towards the=king and,he_told to=him/it and=he/it_called to/towards ʼAⱱīshālōm and,he_came to/towards the=king and,he_bowed_down to=him/it on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face_of,his towards=land to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before the=king and,he_kissed the=king (to),Absalom )
The pronoun he refers to King David. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [And King David called to Absalom]
Note 2 topic: translate-symaction
וַיִּשְׁתַּ֨חוּ ל֧וֹ עַל־אַפָּ֛יו אַ֖רְצָה לִפְנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ
(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_went Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) to/towards the=king and,he_told to=him/it and=he/it_called to/towards ʼAⱱīshālōm and,he_came to/towards the=king and,he_bowed_down to=him/it on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face_of,his towards=land to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before the=king and,he_kissed the=king (to),Absalom )
See how you translated the similar expression in 14:4. Alternate translation: [and he bowed down with his face to the ground before the king]
Note 3 topic: translate-symaction
וַיִּשַּׁ֥ק הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ לְאַבְשָׁלֽוֹם
(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_went Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) to/towards the=king and,he_told to=him/it and=he/it_called to/towards ʼAⱱīshālōm and,he_came to/towards the=king and,he_bowed_down to=him/it on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face_of,his towards=land to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before the=king and,he_kissed the=king (to),Absalom )
Kissing Absalom was a symbolic action by which David expressed reconciliation and acceptance. After years of estrangement, this gesture demonstrated that David was officially forgiving his son and restoring him to his position in the royal family. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action in the text of your translation or in a footnote. Alternate translation: [And the king kissed Absalom, signifying that he was restoring him to his position in the royal family]
OET-LV And_ Yōʼāⱱ _he_went to the_king and_he_told to_him/it and_he/it_called (to) ʼAⱱīshālōm and_he_came to the_king and_he_bowed_down to_him/it on face_of_his towards_land to_(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before the_king and_ the_king _he_kissed (to)_ʼAⱱīshālōm.
OET (OET-RV) So Yoav went and informed the king, and he called for Avshalom. When he entered, he knelt and bowed his face to the ground in front of the king, and then the king kissed him.
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.