OET interlinear 2 SAM 18:3

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / reduplication

אִם־נֹ֨ס נָנ֜וּס

if to_flee flee

The soldiers are repeating forms of the verb flee in order to intensify their 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: [if in fact we flee]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

לֹא־יָשִׂ֧ימוּ אֵלֵ֣י⁠נוּ לֵ֗ב

not (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said the,people not go_out that/for/because/then/when if to_flee flee not they_will_set to,us heart and=if die of_us_of,half not they_will_set to,us heart that/for/because/then/when now like,us ten thousand and=now good that/for/because/then/when be to/for=ourselves from_[the],city ל,עזיר )

See how you translated the similar expression in 13:20. Alternate translation: [they will not be concerned about us]

Note 3 topic: translate-fraction

חֶצְיֵ֨⁠נוּ֙

of_us_of,half

A half means one part out of two equal parts. Represent this in the way your language and culture characteristically would.

Note 4 topic: translate-textvariants

כִּֽי־עַתָּ֥ה כָמֹ֖⁠נוּ עֲשָׂרָ֣ה אֲלָפִ֑ים

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said the,people not go_out that/for/because/then/when if to_flee flee not they_will_set to,us heart and=if die of_us_of,half not they_will_set to,us heart that/for/because/then/when now like,us ten thousand and=now good that/for/because/then/when be to/for=ourselves from_[the],city ל,עזיר )

The Septuagint (an ancient Greek translation) reads “you” instead of now. This reflects a difference of only one letter in Hebrew, and it gives the meaning, “For you are worth ten thousand of us.” That may have been the original reading, since it does not require the reader to supply the rest of the thought (as the traditional Hebrew text requires, “but there is only one like you”). If a translation of the Bible exists in your region, you may wish to use the reading that it uses. If a translation of the Bible does not exist in your region, you may wish to use the reading of the ULT.