InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEU JOB JOS JDG RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG JOEL MIC ISA ZEP HAB JER LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBA DAN EZE EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR DNG GES LES 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 LAO 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
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2 Sam 16 V1 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Ziba
OET-LV And_ the_king _he/it_said to Tsīⱱāʼ what are_these_things to_you and_ Tsīⱱāʼ _he/it_said the_donkeys are_for_the_household_of the_king to_ride and_the[fn] and_the_summer_fruit are_to_ the_young_men _eat and_the_wine is_to_ the_weary_person _drink in_wilderness.
16:2 OSHB variant note: ו/ל/ה/לחם: (x-qere) ’וְ/הַ/לֶּ֤חֶם’: lemma=c/d/3899 morph=HC/Td/Ncbsa id=102wq וְ/הַ/לֶּ֤חֶם
OET (OET-RV) “What’s all that?” the king asked.
¶ “The donkeys are for the king’s family to ride,” Tsiva answered, “and the bread and fruits are for the young men to eat, and the wine is for the people to drink who feel faint in the wilderness.”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
מָה־אֵ֣לֶּה לָּ֑ךְ
what (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said the=king to/towards Tsīⱱāʼ/(Ziba) what these to,you and=he/it_said Tsīⱱāʼ/(Ziba) the,donkeys [are]_for,the_household_of the=king to,ride and,,the, and,the_summer,fruit [are]_to,eat the_young,men and,the,wine [is]_to,drink the_weary,[person] in,wilderness )
David is using What are these to you? as a common expression of his culture to mean “Why have you brought these things?” 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: [What do you have here] or [Why have you brought these things]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person
לְבֵית־הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ
[are]_for,the_household_of (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said the=king to/towards Tsīⱱāʼ/(Ziba) what these to,you and=he/it_said Tsīⱱāʼ/(Ziba) the,donkeys [are]_for,the_household_of the=king to,ride and,,the, and,the_summer,fruit [are]_to,eat the_young,men and,the,wine [is]_to,drink the_weary,[person] in,wilderness )
Even though Ziba is addressing David directly, he is speaking of him in the third person as the king to show respect. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this in a respectful form in the second person. Alternate translation: [for your house]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
לְבֵית־הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ
[are]_for,the_household_of (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said the=king to/towards Tsīⱱāʼ/(Ziba) what these to,you and=he/it_said Tsīⱱāʼ/(Ziba) the,donkeys [are]_for,the_household_of the=king to,ride and,,the, and,the_summer,fruit [are]_to,eat the_young,men and,the,wine [is]_to,drink the_weary,[person] in,wilderness )
Ziba is using the term house to mean David’s household, that is, his family and servants. Alternate translation: [for the household of the king] or [for your household]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj
הַיָּעֵ֖ף בַּמִּדְבָּֽר
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said the=king to/towards Tsīⱱāʼ/(Ziba) what these to,you and=he/it_said Tsīⱱāʼ/(Ziba) the,donkeys [are]_for,the_household_of the=king to,ride and,,the, and,the_summer,fruit [are]_to,eat the_young,men and,the,wine [is]_to,drink the_weary,[person] in,wilderness )
Ziba is using the adjective faint as a noun to mean a certain kind of person. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this adjective with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [is for people who become faint in the wilderness]
OET-LV And_ the_king _he/it_said to Tsīⱱāʼ what are_these_things to_you and_ Tsīⱱāʼ _he/it_said the_donkeys are_for_the_household_of the_king to_ride and_the[fn] and_the_summer_fruit are_to_ the_young_men _eat and_the_wine is_to_ the_weary_person _drink in_wilderness.
16:2 OSHB variant note: ו/ל/ה/לחם: (x-qere) ’וְ/הַ/לֶּ֤חֶם’: lemma=c/d/3899 morph=HC/Td/Ncbsa id=102wq וְ/הַ/לֶּ֤חֶם
OET (OET-RV) “What’s all that?” the king asked.
¶ “The donkeys are for the king’s family to ride,” Tsiva answered, “and the bread and fruits are for the young men to eat, and the wine is for the people to drink who feel faint in the wilderness.”
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.