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 C18 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24
2 Sam 19 V1 V3 V5 V7 V9 V11 V15 V17 V19 V21 V23 V25 V27 V29 V31 V33 V35 V37 V39 V41 V43
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Amasa (SA2 17:25) · God · Joab (SA1 26:6)
OET-LV (SA2 19:14) [fn] And_to_ˊAmāsāʼ you(pl)_will_say am_not bone_of_my and_flesh_of_my are_you thus may_he_do to/for_me god and_thus may_he_add if not commander_of the_army you_will_be to/for_my_face/front all_of the_days in_place_of Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab).
19:14 Note: KJB: 2Sam.19.13
OET (OET-RV) And tell Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my own flesh and bone? May God make me suffer if you don’t become my army commander from now on, to replace Yoav (Joab).’ ”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes
וְלַֽעֲמָשָׂא֙ תֹּֽמְר֔וּ הֲל֛וֹא עַצְמִ֥י וּבְשָׂרִ֖י אָ֑תָּה כֹּ֣ה יַֽעֲשֶׂה־לִּ֤י אֱלֹהִים֙ וְכֹ֣ה יוֹסִ֔יף אִם־לֹ֠א שַׂר־צָבָ֞א תִּהְיֶ֧ה לְפָנַ֛י כָּל־הַיָּמִ֖ים תַּ֥חַת יוֹאָֽב
(Some words not found in UHB: and,to,Amasa say am=not bone_of,my and,flesh_of,my you(ms) so do to/for=me ʼElohīm and,thus more if not chief army you(ms)_will_be to/for=my=face/front all/each/any/every the=days below/instead_of Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) )
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 Amasa that I say he is indeed my bone and my flesh. Tell him I say that thus may God do to me, and thus may he add, if he is not the commander of the army to the face of all of the years in place of Joab]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
הֲל֛וֹא עַצְמִ֥י וּבְשָׂרִ֖י אָ֑תָּה
am=not bone_of,my (Some words not found in UHB: and,to,Amasa say am=not bone_of,my and,flesh_of,my you(ms) so do to/for=me ʼElohīm and,thus more if not chief army you(ms)_will_be to/for=my=face/front all/each/any/every the=days below/instead_of Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) )
David is using the question form for emphasis. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: [You are indeed my bone and my flesh!]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
הֲל֛וֹא עַצְמִ֥י וּבְשָׂרִ֖י אָ֑תָּה
am=not bone_of,my (Some words not found in UHB: and,to,Amasa say am=not bone_of,my and,flesh_of,my you(ms) so do to/for=me ʼElohīm and,thus more if not chief army you(ms)_will_be to/for=my=face/front all/each/any/every the=days below/instead_of Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) )
See how you translated the similar expression in 19:12. Alternate translation: [Are you not my blood relative?] or [You are indeed my blood relative!]
Note 4 topic: writing-oathformula
כֹּ֣ה יַֽעֲשֶׂה־לִּ֤י אֱלֹהִים֙ וְכֹ֣ה יוֹסִ֔יף אִם־לֹ֠א שַׂר־צָבָ֞א תִּהְיֶ֧ה לְפָנַ֛י כָּל־הַיָּמִ֖ים תַּ֥חַת יוֹאָֽב
(Some words not found in UHB: and,to,Amasa say am=not bone_of,my and,flesh_of,my you(ms) so do to/for=me ʼElohīm and,thus more if not chief army you(ms)_will_be to/for=my=face/front all/each/any/every the=days below/instead_of Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) )
Following the custom of his culture, David is using a conditional statement to swear an oath. What he states as a condition (“if”) is what he is swearing to do. Use a natural way in your language to express an oath. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could put the condition before the consequence. See how you translated the similar oath in 3:9. Alternate translation: [I swear that you will be the commander of the army to my face all of the years in place of Joab, and if not, then may God do thus to me, and thus may he add]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
כֹּ֣ה יַֽעֲשֶׂה־לִּ֤י אֱלֹהִים֙ וְכֹ֣ה יוֹסִ֔יף
(Some words not found in UHB: and,to,Amasa say am=not bone_of,my and,flesh_of,my you(ms) so do to/for=me ʼElohīm and,thus more if not chief army you(ms)_will_be to/for=my=face/front all/each/any/every the=days below/instead_of Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) )
When David says thus may he add, he is using a common expression of his culture. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Thus may God do to me, and may he do even worse]
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
כֹּ֣ה יַֽעֲשֶׂה־לִּ֤י אֱלֹהִים֙
(Some words not found in UHB: and,to,Amasa say am=not bone_of,my and,flesh_of,my you(ms) so do to/for=me ʼElohīm and,thus more if not chief army you(ms)_will_be to/for=my=face/front all/each/any/every the=days below/instead_of Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) )
The word Thus: (1) could refer to what David describes in the “if” statement of this oath. David could be saying that if he does not give Amasa the privileged position of being his commander, then he wants God not to restore him to his privileged position as king of Israel. The UST models one way to express that meaning. (2) could be a general expression introducing the entire statement as a reference to severe punishment. Alternate translation: [May God punish me very severely]
Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
לְפָנַ֛י
to/for=my=face/front
Here, to my face represents being in the presence of a person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [in my presence]
Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
כָּל־הַיָּמִ֖ים
(Some words not found in UHB: and,to,Amasa say am=not bone_of,my and,flesh_of,my you(ms) so do to/for=me ʼElohīm and,thus more if not chief army you(ms)_will_be to/for=my=face/front all/each/any/every the=days below/instead_of Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) )
David is using the term years to represent time, since time is made up of years. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [from this time forward] or [permanently]
OET-LV (SA2 19:14) [fn] And_to_ˊAmāsāʼ you(pl)_will_say am_not bone_of_my and_flesh_of_my are_you thus may_he_do to/for_me god and_thus may_he_add if not commander_of the_army you_will_be to/for_my_face/front all_of the_days in_place_of Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab).
19:14 Note: KJB: 2Sam.19.13
OET (OET-RV) And tell Amasa, ‘Aren’t you my own flesh and bone? May God make me suffer if you don’t become my army commander from now on, to replace Yoav (Joab).’ ”
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.