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 C17 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24
2 Sam 18 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31 V32 V33
OET-LV And_Dāvid was_sitting between the_two_of the_gates and_ the_watchman _he/it_went to the_roof of_the_gate to the_wall and_he_lifted_up DOM eyes_of_his and_he/it_saw and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE a_man was_running for_him/it_being_alone.
OET (OET-RV) Now David was sitting between the outer and inner gates. When the watchman had gone over the gate roof to the wall, he looked out and saw, wow, a man was running towards them alone.
Note 1 topic: writing-background
וְדָוִ֥ד יוֹשֵׁ֖ב בֵּין־שְׁנֵ֣י הַשְּׁעָרִ֑ים
and,David (Some words not found in UHB: and,David sitting between two_of the,gates and=he/it_went the,watchman to/towards roof of,the_gate to/towards the,wall and,he_lifted_up DOM eyes_of,his and=he/it_saw and=see/lo/see! (a)_man running for=him/it=being_alone )
The author is providing background information to help readers understand what happens next in the story. In your translation, introduce this information in a way that would be natural in your own language and culture.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
בֵּין־שְׁנֵ֣י הַשְּׁעָרִ֑ים
(Some words not found in UHB: and,David sitting between two_of the,gates and=he/it_went the,watchman to/towards roof of,the_gate to/towards the,wall and,he_lifted_up DOM eyes_of,his and=he/it_saw and=see/lo/see! (a)_man running for=him/it=being_alone )
This phrase means the same thing as the phrase “in the middle of the gate” in 3:27. See how you translated that phrase.
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וַיִּשָּׂ֤א אֶת־עֵינָיו֙
(Some words not found in UHB: and,David sitting between two_of the,gates and=he/it_went the,watchman to/towards roof of,the_gate to/towards the,wall and,he_lifted_up DOM eyes_of,his and=he/it_saw and=see/lo/see! (a)_man running for=him/it=being_alone )
See how you translated the similar expression in 13:34. Alternate translation: [and he looked off into the distance]
OET-LV And_Dāvid was_sitting between the_two_of the_gates and_ the_watchman _he/it_went to the_roof of_the_gate to the_wall and_he_lifted_up DOM eyes_of_his and_he/it_saw and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE a_man was_running for_him/it_being_alone.
OET (OET-RV) Now David was sitting between the outer and inner gates. When the watchman had gone over the gate roof to the wall, he looked out and saw, wow, a man was running towards them alone.
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.