InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEUT JOB YEHO (JOS) HERO (JDG) RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG YOEL (JOEL) MIC ISA ZEP HAB YIR (JER) LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBAD DAN EZEK EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL 2 PS WIS TOB MAN BAR G DAN G ESD L ESD 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 LAOD 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 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23
OET-LV And_ ʼAⱱīshay the_son_of Tsərūyāh/(Zeruiah) _he/it_said to the_king to/for_what the_dog (the)_dead the_this will_he_curse DOM my_master the_king let_me_pass_over please and_let_me_remove DOM his/its_head.
OET (OET-RV) The Tseruyah’s son Avishay asked the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my master the king? Please, let me cross over and lop off his head.”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
לָ֣מָּה יְקַלֵּ֞ל הַכֶּ֤לֶב הַמֵּת֙ הַזֶּ֔ה אֶת־אֲדֹנִ֖י הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said ʼAⱱīshay son_of Tsərūyāh/(Zeruiah) to/towards the=king to/for=what curse the,dog (the),dead the=this DOM my=master the=king go_over please and,let_me_remove DOM his/its=head )
Abishai is using the question form for emphasis to express his outrage that Shimei would curse King David. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: [This dead dog should not be cursing my lord the king!]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
הַכֶּ֤לֶב הַמֵּת֙
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said ʼAⱱīshay son_of Tsərūyāh/(Zeruiah) to/towards the=king to/for=what curse the,dog (the),dead the=this DOM my=master the=king go_over please and,let_me_remove DOM his/its=head )
See how you translated the similar expression in 9:5. Alternate translation: [contemptible person]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person
אֶת־אֲדֹנִ֖י הַמֶּ֑לֶךְ
DOM my=master DOM (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said ʼAⱱīshay son_of Tsərūyāh/(Zeruiah) to/towards the=king to/for=what curse the,dog (the),dead the=this DOM my=master the=king go_over please and,let_me_remove DOM his/its=head )
Even though Abishai is addressing David directly, he is speaking of him in the third person as my lord 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: [you, my lord the king]
OET-LV And_ ʼAⱱīshay the_son_of Tsərūyāh/(Zeruiah) _he/it_said to the_king to/for_what the_dog (the)_dead the_this will_he_curse DOM my_master the_king let_me_pass_over please and_let_me_remove DOM his/its_head.
OET (OET-RV) The Tseruyah’s son Avishay asked the king, “Why should this dead dog curse my master the king? Please, let me cross over and lop off his head.”
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.