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OET (OET-LV) And_ ʼAⱱīshālōm _he_rose_early and_he_stood at the_side_of the_road_of the_gate and_he/it_was every_of the_man whom it_belonged for_him/it a_case_at_law to_come to the_king for_judgement and_he/it_called ʼAⱱīshālōm to_him/it and_he/it_said where from_this city are_you and_he/it_said is_from_one_of the_tribes_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) servant_of_your.
OET (OET-RV) He would get up early and stand on the side of the road going in and out of the city. Every time that someone came into the city to take a dispute to be settled by the king, Abshalom would ask them where they were from, and they’d reply with their city and tribe,
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
עַל־יַ֖ד דֶּ֣רֶךְ הַשָּׁ֑עַר
on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in side_of (Some words not found in UHB: and,he_rose_early ʼAⱱīshālōm and,he_stood on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in side_of road/way_of of,the_gate and=he/it_was all/each/any/every the=man when will_belong for=him/it suit to,come to/towards the=king for,judgment and=he/it_called ʼAⱱīshālōm to=him/it and=he/it_said where? from,this (a)_city you(ms) and=he/it_said [is]_from,one_of tribes_of Yisrael servant_of,your )
The author is using at the hand of the way of the gate as a common expression of his culture to mean “by the side of the road leading to the city gate.” 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: [by the side of the road leading to the city gate]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations
הָאִ֣ישׁ
the=man
Here the masculine term man has a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use language in your translation that is clearly inclusive of both men and women, here and in [verses 5](../15/05.md) and 6. Alternate translation: [person]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
אֵֽי־מִזֶּ֥ה עִיר֙ אַ֔תָּה
where? (Some words not found in UHB: and,he_rose_early ʼAⱱīshālōm and,he_stood on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in side_of road/way_of of,the_gate and=he/it_was all/each/any/every the=man when will_belong for=him/it suit to,come to/towards the=king for,judgment and=he/it_called ʼAⱱīshālōm to=him/it and=he/it_said where? from,this (a)_city you(ms) and=he/it_said [is]_from,one_of tribes_of Yisrael servant_of,your )
Absalom was using a common expression of his culture to ask what city a person was from. 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. If you have already translated the book of 1 Samuel, see how you translated the similar expression in [1 Samuel 30:13](../../1sa/30/13.md). Alternate translation: [What city are you from]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations
וַיֹּ֕אמֶר מֵאַחַ֥ד שִׁבְטֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עַבְדֶּֽךָ
(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_rose_early ʼAⱱīshālōm and,he_stood on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in side_of road/way_of of,the_gate and=he/it_was all/each/any/every the=man when will_belong for=him/it suit to,come to/towards the=king for,judgment and=he/it_called ʼAⱱīshālōm to=him/it and=he/it_said where? from,this (a)_city you(ms) and=he/it_said [is]_from,one_of tribes_of Yisrael servant_of,your )
If it would be more natural in your language, you could express this as an indirect quotation, since these are not the exact words that a person would have spoken. Alternate translation: [And he would tell Absalom what tribe of Israel he came from]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person
מֵאַחַ֥ד שִׁבְטֵֽי־יִשְׂרָאֵ֖ל עַבְדֶּֽךָ
[is]_from,one_of (Some words not found in UHB: and,he_rose_early ʼAⱱīshālōm and,he_stood on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in side_of road/way_of of,the_gate and=he/it_was all/each/any/every the=man when will_belong for=him/it suit to,come to/towards the=king for,judgment and=he/it_called ʼAⱱīshālōm to=him/it and=he/it_said where? from,this (a)_city you(ms) and=he/it_said [is]_from,one_of tribes_of Yisrael servant_of,your )
The man is speaking of himself in the third person as Your servant to show humility. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this and similar expressions in a humble form in the first person, here and throughout the chapter. Alternate translation: [I am from one of the tribes of Israel]
OET (OET-LV) And_ ʼAⱱīshālōm _he_rose_early and_he_stood at the_side_of the_road_of the_gate and_he/it_was every_of the_man whom it_belonged for_him/it a_case_at_law to_come to the_king for_judgement and_he/it_called ʼAⱱīshālōm to_him/it and_he/it_said where from_this city are_you and_he/it_said is_from_one_of the_tribes_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) servant_of_your.
OET (OET-RV) He would get up early and stand on the side of the road going in and out of the city. Every time that someone came into the city to take a dispute to be settled by the king, Abshalom would ask them where they were from, and they’d reply with their city and tribe,
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.