OET interlinear 2 SAM 21:9

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-collectivenouns

בְּ⁠יַ֣ד הַ⁠גִּבְעֹנִ֗ים

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he,gave_them in,the_hand_of of,the_Gibeonites and,they,impaled_them on,mountain to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH and,they_fell seven_of,them together and, put_to_death ,days_of harvest in,first at,beginning_of harvest_of barley )

In this verse, the word hand is singular in form, but it refers to all Gibeonites as a group. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use the plural form of “hand.” Alternate translation: [into the hands of the Gibeonites]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בְּ⁠יַ֣ד הַ⁠גִּבְעֹנִ֗ים

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he,gave_them in,the_hand_of of,the_Gibeonites and,they,impaled_them on,mountain to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH and,they_fell seven_of,them together and, put_to_death ,days_of harvest in,first at,beginning_of harvest_of barley )

Here, hand represents control or custody. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [into the custody of the Gibeonites]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לִ⁠פְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה

to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH

Here, to the face of represents being in the presence of Yahweh. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [in the presence of Yahweh]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

וַ⁠יִּפְּל֥וּ שְׁבַעְתָּ֖ם

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he,gave_them in,the_hand_of of,the_Gibeonites and,they,impaled_them on,mountain to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH and,they_fell seven_of,them together and, put_to_death ,days_of harvest in,first at,beginning_of harvest_of barley )

Here, fell represents “died.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [and the seven of them died]

Note 5 topic: writing-pronouns

ו⁠הם הֻמְת֜וּ

and, put_to_death

The author is stating the pronoun they separately, even though the verb translated as they were killed already includes this meaning. He is doing that in order to introduce background information. If a speaker of your language would use an explicit pronoun for this same purpose, you may want to use that construction in your translation. If not, your language may have other ways of showing that the author is introducing background information. Alternate translation: [Now they were killed]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ו⁠הם הֻמְת֜וּ

and, put_to_death

The expression were killed 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: [Now the Gibeonites killed them specifically]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / explicitinfo

בִּ⁠ימֵ֤י קָצִיר֙ בָּ⁠רִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔ים

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he,gave_them in,the_hand_of of,the_Gibeonites and,they,impaled_them on,mountain to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH and,they_fell seven_of,them together and, put_to_death ,days_of harvest in,first at,beginning_of harvest_of barley )

It might seem that the expression in the days of the harvest, in the first contains extra information that would not be natural to express in your language. If so, you could shorten it. Alternate translation: [in the first days of the harvest]

Note 8 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בִּ⁠ימֵ֤י קָצִיר֙ בָּ⁠רִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔ים

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he,gave_them in,the_hand_of of,the_Gibeonites and,they,impaled_them on,mountain to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH and,they_fell seven_of,them together and, put_to_death ,days_of harvest in,first at,beginning_of harvest_of barley )

Here the term days represents a certain time, since time is made up of days. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [at the start of the harvest time]

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

בָּ⁠רִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔ים

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he,gave_them in,the_hand_of of,the_Gibeonites and,they,impaled_them on,mountain to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH and,they_fell seven_of,them together and, put_to_death ,days_of harvest in,first at,beginning_of harvest_of barley )

The author is using the adjective first as a noun to mean a certain kind of day. The ULT shows that by supplying the term days. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this adjective with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [in the first part]

Note 10 topic: translate-ordinal

בָּ⁠רִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔ים

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he,gave_them in,the_hand_of of,the_Gibeonites and,they,impaled_them on,mountain to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before YHWH and,they_fell seven_of,them together and, put_to_death ,days_of harvest in,first at,beginning_of harvest_of barley )

If your language would not represent a number in a form such as first, you could represent this number in a form that your language would use or with an equivalent term. Alternate translation: [in the starting days]