OET interlinear 2 SAM 17:16

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

וְ⁠עַתָּ֡ה

(Some words not found in UHB: and=now send quickly and,tell to,David to=say not lodge the=night at,the_desert_plains_of of,the_wilderness and=also to_cross_over cross_over lest swallowed_up to/for=the_king and=to/for=all the,people which/who with=him/it )

See how you translated the similar expression in [2:6](../02/06.md).

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

לֵ⁠אמֹ֗ר אַל־תָּ֤לֶן הַ⁠לַּ֨יְלָה֙ בְּ⁠עַֽרְב֣וֹת הַ⁠מִּדְבָּ֔ר וְ⁠גַ֖ם עָב֣וֹר תַּעֲב֑וֹר פֶּ֚ן יְבֻלַּ֣ע לַ⁠מֶּ֔לֶךְ וּ⁠לְ⁠כָל־הָ⁠עָ֖ם אֲשֶׁ֥ר אִתּֽ⁠וֹ

to=say not (Some words not found in UHB: and=now send quickly and,tell to,David to=say not lodge the=night at,the_desert_plains_of of,the_wilderness and=also to_cross_over cross_over lest swallowed_up to/for=the_king and=to/for=all the,people which/who with=him/it )

If it would be clearer in your language, you could translate this so that there is not a quotation within a quotation. Alternate translation: [and tell him not to lodge tonight at the fords of the wilderness but instead, crossing over, to cross over, lest the king be swallowed and all of the people who are with him]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

בְּ⁠עַֽרְב֣וֹת הַ⁠מִּדְבָּ֔ר

(Some words not found in UHB: and=now send quickly and,tell to,David to=say not lodge the=night at,the_desert_plains_of of,the_wilderness and=also to_cross_over cross_over lest swallowed_up to/for=the_king and=to/for=all the,people which/who with=him/it )

See how you translated the similar expression in [15:28](../15/28.md). Alternate translation: [at the fords of the Jordan River]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / reduplication

וְ⁠גַ֖ם עָב֣וֹר תַּעֲב֑וֹר

and=also to_cross_over (Some words not found in UHB: and=now send quickly and,tell to,David to=say not lodge the=night at,the_desert_plains_of of,the_wilderness and=also to_cross_over cross_over lest swallowed_up to/for=the_king and=to/for=all the,people which/who with=him/it )

Hushai is repeating forms of the verb cross over in order to intensify his expression of the idea that it conveys. If your language can repeat words 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: [but instead certainly cross over]

Note 5 topic: grammar-connect-logic-goal

פֶּ֚ן יְבֻלַּ֣ע לַ⁠מֶּ֔לֶךְ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=now send quickly and,tell to,David to=say not lodge the=night at,the_desert_plains_of of,the_wilderness and=also to_cross_over cross_over lest swallowed_up to/for=the_king and=to/for=all the,people which/who with=him/it )

Hushai is using the word translated as lest to introduce an outcome that he does not want to happen. Because of this, he first gives David an instruction for him and his men to follow so that this will not happen. Use a connector in your language that makes it clear that avoiding this outcome is the purpose of the instruction. Alternate translation: [Otherwise, the king will be swallowed]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

פֶּ֚ן יְבֻלַּ֣ע לַ⁠מֶּ֔לֶךְ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=now send quickly and,tell to,David to=say not lodge the=night at,the_desert_plains_of of,the_wilderness and=also to_cross_over cross_over lest swallowed_up to/for=the_king and=to/for=all the,people which/who with=him/it )

Here, Hushai is speaking as if King David would actually be swallowed. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [lest the king be destroyed]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

פֶּ֚ן יְבֻלַּ֣ע לַ⁠מֶּ֔לֶךְ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=now send quickly and,tell to,David to=say not lodge the=night at,the_desert_plains_of of,the_wilderness and=also to_cross_over cross_over lest swallowed_up to/for=the_king and=to/for=all the,people which/who with=him/it )

The expression be swallowed is a passive verbal form. If your language would not use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [lest Absalom and his army swallow up the king] or [lest Absalom and his army destroy the king]

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

לַ⁠מֶּ֔לֶךְ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=now send quickly and,tell to,David to=say not lodge the=night at,the_desert_plains_of of,the_wilderness and=also to_cross_over cross_over lest swallowed_up to/for=the_king and=to/for=all the,people which/who with=him/it )

Even though the priests’ messengers would be addressing David directly, Hushai tells them to speak 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: [you, the king]