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 C16 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24
2 Sam 17 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29
OET-LV And_ the_woman _she/it_took and_she_spread DOM the_covering over the_face_of the_well and_she_spread_out on/upon/above_him/it the_grain(s) and_not anything it_was_known.
OET (OET-RV) The woman there stretched a covering over the top of the well, and then spread grain over it to dry, so it wasn’t obvious.
Note 1 topic: translate-kinship
וַתִּקַּ֣ח הָאִשָּׁ֗ה
(Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_took the=woman and,she_spread DOM the,covering on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face/surface_of of,the_well and,she_spread_out on/upon/above=him/it the,grain(s) and=not known anything )
The context indicates that this woman was married to the man whom the author describes in the previous verse. Your language may have its own term or expression for this relationship. Alternate translation: [And his wife]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
פְּנֵ֣י הַבְּאֵ֔ר
(Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_took the=woman and,she_spread DOM the,covering on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face/surface_of of,the_well and,she_spread_out on/upon/above=him/it the,grain(s) and=not known anything )
The author is using the face of the well as a common expression of his culture to mean “the top of the well” or “the opening of the well.” 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: [the mouth of the well]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive
וְלֹ֥א נוֹדַ֖ע דָּבָֽר
and=not known (Some words not found in UHB: and=she/it_took the=woman and,she_spread DOM the,covering on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face/surface_of of,the_well and,she_spread_out on/upon/above=him/it the,grain(s) and=not known anything )
The expression was not known 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: [so no one knew the matter]
OET-LV And_ the_woman _she/it_took and_she_spread DOM the_covering over the_face_of the_well and_she_spread_out on/upon/above_him/it the_grain(s) and_not anything it_was_known.
OET (OET-RV) The woman there stretched a covering over the top of the well, and then spread grain over it to dry, so it wasn’t obvious.
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.