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 V13 V15 V17 V19 V21 V23 V25 V27 V29 V31 V33 V35 V37 V39 V41 V43
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Absalom
OET-LV (SA2 19:5) [fn] And_the_king he_covered DOM his/its_faces/face and_ the_king _he_cried_out a_voice great my_son_of_my ʼAⱱīshālōm ʼAⱱīshālōm son_of_my son_of_my.
19:5 Note: KJB: 2Sam.19.4
OET (OET-RV) But the king covered his face and kept crying out loudly, “Oh my son Avshalom. Oh Avshalom, my son, my son.”
Note 1 topic: translate-symaction
וְהַמֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ לָאַ֣ט אֶת־פָּנָ֔יו
(Some words not found in UHB: and,the,king covered DOM his/its=faces/face and,he_cried_out the=king sound/voice big/great my_son_of,my ʼAⱱīshālōm ʼAⱱīshālōm son_of,my son_of,my )
Covering his face was a symbolic action by which David showed his deep grief and distress, as he had done when fleeing Jerusalem in 15:30. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action in the text of your translation or in a footnote. Alternate translation: [And to express his deep sorrow, the king covered his face]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / reduplication
אַבְשָׁל֖וֹם בְּנִ֥י בְנִֽי
(Some words not found in UHB: and,the,king covered DOM his/its=faces/face and,he_cried_out the=king sound/voice big/great my_son_of,my ʼAⱱīshālōm ʼAⱱīshālōm son_of,my son_of,my )
See how you translated the similar expression in 18:33. Alternate translation: [Oh, Absalom, my son]
OET-LV (SA2 19:5) [fn] And_the_king he_covered DOM his/its_faces/face and_ the_king _he_cried_out a_voice great my_son_of_my ʼAⱱīshālōm ʼAⱱīshālōm son_of_my son_of_my.
19:5 Note: KJB: 2Sam.19.4
OET (OET-RV) But the king covered his face and kept crying out loudly, “Oh my son Avshalom. Oh Avshalom, my son, my son.”
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.