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 C2 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24
2 Sam 1 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Saul
OET-LV And_he/it_said the_young_man who_had_told to_him/it by_chance_(happen_to_be) I_found_myself on_the_mountain_of (the)_Gilboˊa and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE Shāʼūl/(Saul) was_leaning on spear_of_his and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE the_chariotry and_the_owners_of the_horses they_overtook_him.
OET (OET-RV) “I happened to be on Mt. Gilboa,” the young man replied, “and listen, Sha’ul was leaning on his spear. Then wow, the chariots and the masters of the chariot horses overtook him,
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo
וַיֹּ֜אמֶר הַנַּ֣עַר ׀ הַמַּגִּ֣יד ל֗וֹ
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said the_young,man [who,had]_told to=him/it by_chance happened on,the_mountain_of of_(the),Gilboa and=see/lo/see! Shāʼūl/(Saul) leaning on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in spear_of,his and=see/lo/see! the,chariotry and,the_owners_of of,the_horses they,overtook_him )
Since the author has already identified this young man in the previous verse, it might seem that identifying him again here in the same way would be extra information that would not be natural to express in your language. If so, you could leave it out. Alternate translation: [And the young man said]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / reduplication
נִקְרֹ֤א נִקְרֵ֨יתִי֙
by_chance happened
The young man is repeating forms of the same verb in order to intensify his 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: [I just happened to be]
OET-LV And_he/it_said the_young_man who_had_told to_him/it by_chance_(happen_to_be) I_found_myself on_the_mountain_of (the)_Gilboˊa and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE Shāʼūl/(Saul) was_leaning on spear_of_his and_BEHOLD/LO/SEE the_chariotry and_the_owners_of the_horses they_overtook_him.
OET (OET-RV) “I happened to be on Mt. Gilboa,” the young man replied, “and listen, Sha’ul was leaning on his spear. Then wow, the chariots and the masters of the chariot horses overtook him,
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.