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
InterlinearVerse 2 Sam C1 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24
2 Sam 16 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V23
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Absalom
OET-LV And_people_pitched for_ʼAⱱīshālōm the_tent on the_roof and_ ʼAⱱīshālōm _he_went into the_concubines_of his/its_father to_the_eyes_of all_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel).
OET (OET-RV) So they set up a tent for Avshalom on the palace roof and he had sex with his father’s slave-wives where everyone would know what was going on.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
לְעֵינֵ֖י כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
to,the_eyes_of (Some words not found in UHB: and,people_pitched for,Absalom the,tent on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,roof and,he_went ʼAⱱīshālōm to/towards concubines_of his/its=father to,the_eyes_of all/each/any/every Yisrael )
Here, the word eyes represents sight. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [in the sight of all of Israel]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole
לְעֵינֵ֖י כָּל־יִשְׂרָאֵֽל
to,the_eyes_of (Some words not found in UHB: and,people_pitched for,Absalom the,tent on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in the,roof and,he_went ʼAⱱīshālōm to/towards concubines_of his/its=father to,the_eyes_of all/each/any/every Yisrael )
The author says all of Israel as an overstatement for emphasis. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use a different way to express the emphasis. Alternate translation: [for any Israelite to see]
OET-LV And_people_pitched for_ʼAⱱīshālōm the_tent on the_roof and_ ʼAⱱīshālōm _he_went into the_concubines_of his/its_father to_the_eyes_of all_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel).
OET (OET-RV) So they set up a tent for Avshalom on the palace roof and he had sex with his father’s slave-wives where everyone would know what was going on.
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.