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 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31 V32
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Absalom
OET-LV (SA2 19:1) [fn] And_ the_king _he_was_agitated and_he/it_ascended to the_upper_room_of the_gate and_he_wept and_thus he_said when_went_he my_son_of_my ʼAⱱīshālōm son_of_my son_of_my ʼAⱱīshālōm who will_he_give died_I I in_place_of_you Oh_ʼAⱱīshālōm son_of_my son_of_my.
19:1 Note: KJB: 2Sam.18.33
OET (OET-RV) Then the king started trembling, and he went up to the room over the gate, and started weeping, saying, “Oh my son Avshalom, my son. Oh my son Avshalom, I wish I’d died instead of you.”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / reduplication
בְּנִ֣י בְנִ֣י אַבְשָׁל֔וֹם
(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_was_agitated the=king and=he/it_ascended on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in chamber_of of,the_gate and,he_wept and,thus he/it_had_said when,went,he my_son_of,my ʼAⱱīshālōm son_of,my son_of,my ʼAⱱīshālōm who? he/it_gave died,I I in,place_of_you ʼAⱱīshālōm son_of,my son_of,my )
David repeats the words my son to show how deeply distressed he is about his son’s death. If it would be more natural in your language, you could express his deep distress in another way. Alternate translation: [Oh, my son Absalom]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
מִֽי־יִתֵּ֤ן מוּתִי֙ אֲנִ֣י תַחְתֶּ֔יךָ
who? (Some words not found in UHB: and,he_was_agitated the=king and=he/it_ascended on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in chamber_of of,the_gate and,he_wept and,thus he/it_had_said when,went,he my_son_of,my ʼAⱱīshālōm son_of,my son_of,my ʼAⱱīshālōm who? he/it_gave died,I I in,place_of_you ʼAⱱīshālōm son_of,my son_of,my )
The phrase Who will give my dying myself in place of you was a common expression meaning “I wish that I had died instead of you.” It is a way of expressing deep grief and regret. Alternate translation: [If only I had been the one who had died, not you]
OET-LV (SA2 19:1) [fn] And_ the_king _he_was_agitated and_he/it_ascended to the_upper_room_of the_gate and_he_wept and_thus he_said when_went_he my_son_of_my ʼAⱱīshālōm son_of_my son_of_my ʼAⱱīshālōm who will_he_give died_I I in_place_of_you Oh_ʼAⱱīshālōm son_of_my son_of_my.
19:1 Note: KJB: 2Sam.18.33
OET (OET-RV) Then the king started trembling, and he went up to the room over the gate, and started weeping, saying, “Oh my son Avshalom, my son. Oh my son Avshalom, I wish I’d died instead of you.”
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.