OET interlinear 2 SAM 21:14

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

אֶת־עַצְמוֹת־שָׁא֣וּל וִ⁠יהוֹנָֽתָן־בְּ֠נ⁠וֹ

DOM bones_of (Some words not found in UHB: and,they_buried DOM bones_of Shāʼūl/(Saul) and,Jonathan his/its=son in=land Binyāmīn at,Zela in,the_tomb_of Qīsh his/its=father and,they_did all which/who commanded the=king and,he_was_entreated ʼElohīm for,land after so )

The author is using the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son also to represent the bones of Saul’s male relatives whom the Gibeonites executed. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [the bones of Saul and Jonathan his son and the hanged ones]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַֽ⁠יַּעֲשׂ֔וּ כֹּ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֖ה הַ⁠מֶּ֑לֶךְ

(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_buried DOM bones_of Shāʼūl/(Saul) and,Jonathan his/its=son in=land Binyāmīn at,Zela in,the_tomb_of Qīsh his/its=father and,they_did all which/who commanded the=king and,he_was_entreated ʼElohīm for,land after so )

The implication is that the servants buried the bones at the king’s command. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [And they did all of this at the command of the king]

Note 3 topic: writing-endofstory

וַ⁠יֵּעָתֵ֧ר אֱלֹהִ֛ים לָ⁠אָ֖רֶץ אַֽחֲרֵי־כֵֽן

(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_buried DOM bones_of Shāʼūl/(Saul) and,Jonathan his/its=son in=land Binyāmīn at,Zela in,the_tomb_of Qīsh his/its=father and,they_did all which/who commanded the=king and,he_was_entreated ʼElohīm for,land after so )

The phrase And God was entreated for the land after that is a comment about what happened after the story as a result of the events within the story itself. This signals the end of a story. Use the natural form in your language for expressing the conclusion of a story.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

וַ⁠יֵּעָתֵ֧ר אֱלֹהִ֛ים לָ⁠אָ֖רֶץ אַֽחֲרֵי־כֵֽן

(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_buried DOM bones_of Shāʼūl/(Saul) and,Jonathan his/its=son in=land Binyāmīn at,Zela in,the_tomb_of Qīsh his/its=father and,they_did all which/who commanded the=king and,he_was_entreated ʼElohīm for,land after so )

The expression was entreated is a passive verbal form. If your language would not use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [And the Israelites were able to entreat God for the land after this]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אַֽחֲרֵי־כֵֽן

after so

By this, the author means that God responded to prayers for the land only after the Gibeonites had been avenged and Saul’s descendants had been properly buried. You could include this information in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [after the Gibeonites had hanged seven of Saul’s descendants]