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 C19 C21 C22 C23 C24
2 Sam 20 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V23 V24 V25 V26
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Joab (SA1 26:6) · Sheba (SA2 20:1)
Places tagged in the matching LV passage: Jerusalem
Dictionary: Jerusalem
OET-LV And_ the_woman _she_went to all_of the_people with_wisdom_of_her and_they_cut_off DOM the_head_of Sheⱱaˊ the_son_of Bicri and_they_threw_it to Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) and_he_gave_a_blast on_trumpet and_they_were_scattered from_under the_city each to_tents_of_his and_Yōʼāⱱ he_returned Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) to the_king.
OET (OET-RV) So the woman went to all the people with her wisdom, and they decapitated Sheva, and threw his head down to Yoav. Then he signalled on the trumpet, and his men left the area and went back to their homes, and Yoav returned to the king at Yerushalem (Jerusalem).
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / go
וַתָּבוֹא֩ הָאִשָּׁ֨ה
(Some words not found in UHB: and,she_went the=woman to/towards all/each/any/every the,people with,wisdom_of,her and,they_cut_off DOM head seven son_of Bikrī and,they_threw_[it] to/towards Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) and,he_gave_a_blast on,trumpet and,they_were_scattered from=under the=city (a)_man to,tents_of,his and,Joab returned Yerushalayim to/towards the,king )
In a context such as this, your language might say “went” instead of came. Alternate translation: [And the woman went]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hyperbole
כָּל־הָעָ֜ם
(Some words not found in UHB: and,she_went the=woman to/towards all/each/any/every the,people with,wisdom_of,her and,they_cut_off DOM head seven son_of Bikrī and,they_threw_[it] to/towards Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) and,he_gave_a_blast on,trumpet and,they_were_scattered from=under the=city (a)_man to,tents_of,his and,Joab returned Yerushalayim to/towards the,king )
The author is saying all of the people as a generalization for emphasis. If it would be clearer in your language, you could express the emphasis in a different way. Alternate translation: [an assembly of the people]
Note 3 topic: writing-endofstory
וַיִּתְקַע֙ בַּשּׁוֹפָ֔ר וַיָּפֻ֥צוּ מֵֽעַל־הָעִ֖יר אִ֣ישׁ לְאֹהָלָ֑יו וְיוֹאָ֛ב שָׁ֥ב יְרוּשָׁלִַ֖ם אֶל־הַמֶּֽלֶךְ
(Some words not found in UHB: and,she_went the=woman to/towards all/each/any/every the,people with,wisdom_of,her and,they_cut_off DOM head seven son_of Bikrī and,they_threw_[it] to/towards Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) and,he_gave_a_blast on,trumpet and,they_were_scattered from=under the=city (a)_man to,tents_of,his and,Joab returned Yerushalayim to/towards the,king )
The author is making a comment about what happened after the story as a result of the events within the story itself. This signals the end of the story. Use a natural form in your language for expressing the conclusion of a story.
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
אִ֣ישׁ לְאֹהָלָ֑יו
(a)_man to,tents_of,his
See how you translated the similar expression in 18:17. Alternate translation: [each one leaving the army and returning to his own home]
OET-LV And_ the_woman _she_went to all_of the_people with_wisdom_of_her and_they_cut_off DOM the_head_of Sheⱱaˊ the_son_of Bicri and_they_threw_it to Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) and_he_gave_a_blast on_trumpet and_they_were_scattered from_under the_city each to_tents_of_his and_Yōʼāⱱ he_returned Yərūshālaim/(Jerusalem) to the_king.
OET (OET-RV) So the woman went to all the people with her wisdom, and they decapitated Sheva, and threw his head down to Yoav. Then he signalled on the trumpet, and his men left the area and went back to their homes, and Yoav returned to the king at Yerushalem (Jerusalem).
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.