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2 Sam 21 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22
OET (OET-LV) and_he/it_was a_famine in_the_days_of Dāvid three years year after year and_ Dāvid _he/it_sought DOM the_face_of YHWH and_ YHWH _he/it_said because_of Shāʼūl/(Saul) and_near/to the_house_of (the)_blood(s) on that he_put_to_death DOM the_Giⱱˊōnites.
OET (OET-RV) During David’s reign, there was a three-year famine. David inquired from Yahweh who said, “Sha’ul and his family have blood on their hands, because he killed the Gibeonites.”
Note 1 topic: writing-newevent
וַיְהִ֣י רָעָב֩ בִּימֵ֨י דָוִ֜ד
and=he/it_was famine (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was famine in,the_days_of Dāvid three years year after year and=he/it_sought Dāvid DOM face/surface_of YHWH and=he/it_said YHWH to/towards Shāʼūl/(Saul) and=near/to house_of of_(the),blood(s) on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in which/who put_~_to_death DOM the,Gibeonites )
The author is using the word translated Now to introduce a new event in the story. Use a word, phrase, or other method in your language that is natural for introducing a new event. Alternate translation: [At another time] or [During one period]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
שָׁלֹ֣שׁ שָׁנִ֗ים שָׁנָה֙ אַחֲרֵ֣י שָׁנָ֔ה
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was famine in,the_days_of Dāvid three years year after year and=he/it_sought Dāvid DOM face/surface_of YHWH and=he/it_said YHWH to/towards Shāʼūl/(Saul) and=near/to house_of of_(the),blood(s) on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in which/who put_~_to_death DOM the,Gibeonites )
The author is using the phrase three years, year after year as a common expression of his culture to mean “for three consecutive years.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [three years in a row] or [for three consecutive years]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וַיְבַקֵּ֥שׁ דָּוִ֖ד אֶת־פְּנֵ֣י יְהוָ֑ה
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was famine in,the_days_of Dāvid three years year after year and=he/it_sought Dāvid DOM face/surface_of YHWH and=he/it_said YHWH to/towards Shāʼūl/(Saul) and=near/to house_of of_(the),blood(s) on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in which/who put_~_to_death DOM the,Gibeonites )
The author is using the phrase sought the face of as a common expression in of his culture to mean “prayed to” or “asked guidance from.” In this case, David was praying to Yahweh about the cause of the famine. If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [And David inquired of Yahweh]
Note 4 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result
אֶל־שָׁאוּל֙ וְאֶל־בֵּ֣ית הַדָּמִ֔ים עַל־אֲשֶׁר־הֵמִ֖ית אֶת־הַגִּבְעֹנִֽים
to/towards (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was famine in,the_days_of Dāvid three years year after year and=he/it_sought Dāvid DOM face/surface_of YHWH and=he/it_said YHWH to/towards Shāʼūl/(Saul) and=near/to house_of of_(the),blood(s) on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in which/who put_~_to_death DOM the,Gibeonites )
If it would be more natural in your language, you could reverse the order of these phrases, since the second phrase gives the reason for the result that the first phrase describes. Alternate translation: [Because Saul killed the Gibeonites, to him and to the house is blood]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
וְאֶל־בֵּ֣ית
and=near/to (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was famine in,the_days_of Dāvid three years year after year and=he/it_sought Dāvid DOM face/surface_of YHWH and=he/it_said YHWH to/towards Shāʼūl/(Saul) and=near/to house_of of_(the),blood(s) on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in which/who put_~_to_death DOM the,Gibeonites )
See how you translated the similar expression in [6:11](../06/11.md). Alternate translation: [and to his household]
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
הַדָּמִ֔ים
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_was famine in,the_days_of Dāvid three years year after year and=he/it_sought Dāvid DOM face/surface_of YHWH and=he/it_said YHWH to/towards Shāʼūl/(Saul) and=near/to house_of of_(the),blood(s) on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in which/who put_~_to_death DOM the,Gibeonites )
See how you translated the similar expression in [3:29](../03/29.md). Alternate translation: [is guilt for murder]
OET (OET-LV) and_he/it_was a_famine in_the_days_of Dāvid three years year after year and_ Dāvid _he/it_sought DOM the_face_of YHWH and_ YHWH _he/it_said because_of Shāʼūl/(Saul) and_near/to the_house_of (the)_blood(s) on that he_put_to_death DOM the_Giⱱˊōnites.
OET (OET-RV) During David’s reign, there was a three-year famine. David inquired from Yahweh who said, “Sha’ul and his family have blood on their hands, because he killed the Gibeonites.”
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.