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People tagged in the matching LV passage: Abishai · David · God
Dictionary: David
OET-LV And_ Dāvid _he/it_said to ʼAⱱīshay and_near/to all_of servants_of_his HERE son_of_my who he_went_out from_inward_parts_of_my is_seeking DOM life_of_my and_indeed if/because now the_Ben-_of (the)_jaminite leave_alone to_him/it and_let_him_curse if/because he_has_spoken to_him/it YHWH.
OET (OET-RV) Then David told Avishay and all his servants, “Look, my own biological son is trying to kill me. Now on top of that, this Benyamite. Leave him and let him curse, because Yahweh told him to.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
אֲשֶׁר־יָצָ֥א מִמֵּעַ֖י
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Dāvid to/towards ʼAⱱīshay and=near/to all/each/any/every servants_of,his see/lo/see! son_of,my which/who he/it_went_forth from,inward_parts_of,my seeks DOM life_of,my and,indeed? that/for/because/then/when now son_of (the),jaminite leave_~_alone to=him/it and,let_him_curse that/for/because/then/when he/it_had_said to=him/it YHWH )
See how you translated the similar expression in 7:12. Alternate translation: [whose actual father I am]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
מְבַקֵּ֣שׁ אֶת־נַפְשִׁ֑י
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Dāvid to/towards ʼAⱱīshay and=near/to all/each/any/every servants_of,his see/lo/see! son_of,my which/who he/it_went_forth from,inward_parts_of,my seeks DOM life_of,my and,indeed? that/for/because/then/when now son_of (the),jaminite leave_~_alone to=him/it and,let_him_curse that/for/because/then/when he/it_had_said to=him/it YHWH )
See how you translated the similar expression in 4:8. Alternate translation: [is seeking to kill me]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / exclamations
וְאַ֨ף
and,indeed?
See how you translated the similar expression in 4:11. Alternate translation: [And with how much greater reason]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis
כִּֽי־עַתָּ֜ה בֶּן־הַיְמִינִ֗י
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Dāvid to/towards ʼAⱱīshay and=near/to all/each/any/every servants_of,his see/lo/see! son_of,my which/who he/it_went_forth from,inward_parts_of,my seeks DOM life_of,my and,indeed? that/for/because/then/when now son_of (the),jaminite leave_~_alone to=him/it and,let_him_curse that/for/because/then/when he/it_had_said to=him/it YHWH )
David 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: [that now a Benjaminite should wish that I were dead]
OET-LV And_ Dāvid _he/it_said to ʼAⱱīshay and_near/to all_of servants_of_his HERE son_of_my who he_went_out from_inward_parts_of_my is_seeking DOM life_of_my and_indeed if/because now the_Ben-_of (the)_jaminite leave_alone to_him/it and_let_him_curse if/because he_has_spoken to_him/it YHWH.
OET (OET-RV) Then David told Avishay and all his servants, “Look, my own biological son is trying to kill me. Now on top of that, this Benyamite. Leave him and let him curse, because Yahweh told him to.
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.