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OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_was when he_came Ḩūshay the_Arkite the_friend_of Dāvid to ʼAⱱīshālōm and_ Ḩūshay _he/it_said to ʼAⱱīshālōm may_he_live the_king may_he_live the_king.
OET (OET-RV) When David’s friend Hushay (the Arkite) came to Abshalom, he greeted him, “May the king live. May the king live.”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / reduplication
יְחִ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ יְחִ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ
long_live long_live (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was when, he/it_came Ḩūshay the,Arkite friend_of Dāvid's to/towards ʼAⱱīshālōm and=he/it_said Ḩūshay to/towards ʼAⱱīshālōm long_live the=king long_live the,king )
Hushai is repeating this phrase in order to intensify his expression of the idea that it conveys. If speakers of your language repeat phrases for intensification, it would be appropriate to do that here in your translation. If not, your language may have another way of expressing the intensification. Alternate translation: [May the king live forever!]
Note 2 topic: writing-politeness
יְחִ֥י הַמֶּ֖לֶךְ יְחִ֥י הַמֶּֽלֶךְ
long_live long_live (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was when, he/it_came Ḩūshay the,Arkite friend_of Dāvid's to/towards ʼAⱱīshālōm and=he/it_said Ḩūshay to/towards ʼAⱱīshālōm long_live the=king long_live the,king )
Hushai is using a courteous and deferential expression that people in this culture would use to greet and acknowledge someone as their ruler. Your language may have a comparable expression that you can use in your translation. Alternate translation: [Long live the king! Long live the king!] or [God save the king! God save the king!]
OET (OET-LV) And_he/it_was when he_came Ḩūshay the_Arkite the_friend_of Dāvid to ʼAⱱīshālōm and_ Ḩūshay _he/it_said to ʼAⱱīshālōm may_he_live the_king may_he_live the_king.
OET (OET-RV) When David’s friend Hushay (the Arkite) came to Abshalom, he greeted him, “May the king live. May the king live.”
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.