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 C14 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24
2 Sam 15 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 V33 V34 V35 V36 V37
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Absalom
OET-LV And_he/it_was from_after thus and_he/it_made to_him/it ʼAⱱīshālōm a_chariot and_horses and_fifty man who_ran before_him.
OET (OET-RV) Sometime after all that, Avshalom (Absalom) acquired a chariot and horses and hired fifty men to run ahead of him.
Note 1 topic: writing-newevent
וַֽיְהִי֙ מֵאַ֣חֲרֵי כֵ֔ן
and=he/it_was from,after so
The author is using this expression to introduce a new development in the story. Use a word, phrase, or other method in your language that is natural for introducing a new development.
Note 2 topic: translate-symaction
וַחֲמִשִּׁ֥ים אִ֖ישׁ רָצִ֥ים לְפָנָֽיו
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was from,after so and=he/it_made to=him/it ʼAⱱīshālōm chariot and,horses and,fifty (a)_man run before,,him )
Having 50 men run ahead of his chariot to clear the way and announce his coming was a symbolic action by which Absalom asserted his importance. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action. Alternate translation: [and he had 50 men run ahead of his chariot to show how important he was]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
לְפָנָֽיו
before,,him
Here, to his face represents “ahead of him.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [ahead of him]
OET-LV And_he/it_was from_after thus and_he/it_made to_him/it ʼAⱱīshālōm a_chariot and_horses and_fifty man who_ran before_him.
OET (OET-RV) Sometime after all that, Avshalom (Absalom) acquired a chariot and horses and hired fifty men to run ahead of 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.