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 C3 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24
2 Sam 2 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V19 V20 V21 V22 V23 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31 V32
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Abishai · Abner · Joab (SA1 26:6)
Places tagged in the matching LV passage: Ammah · Giah · Gibeon (JOS 9:3)
OET-LV And_ Yōʼāⱱ and_ʼAⱱīshay _they_pursued after ʼAⱱnēr and_the_sun it_set and_they they_came to the_hill_of ʼAmmāh which is_on the_face_of Giyaaḩ the_way_of the_wilderness_of Giⱱˊōn.
OET (OET-RV) But Yoav and Avishay kept going after Avner. As the sun was setting, they came to the Amah hill (east of Giyah, along the road to the wilderness near Giveon)
Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-time-simultaneous
וְהַשֶּׁ֣מֶשׁ בָּ֔אָה וְהֵ֗מָּה בָּ֚אוּ עַד־גִּבְעַ֣ת אַמָּ֔ה
(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_pursued Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) and,Abishai after ʼAⱱnēr and,the,sun going_down and,they they_went until hill_of ʼAmmāh which/who on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face/surface_of Giyaaḩ road/way_of wilderness_of Giⱱˊōn )
The words that the ULT translates as and … and indicate that Joab and Abishai came to the hill of Ammah at the same time as when the sun was coming in. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could describe the time relationship more explicitly. Alternate translation: [while the sun was going down, they came to the hill of Ammah]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
וְהַשֶּׁ֣מֶשׁ בָּ֔אָה
(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_pursued Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) and,Abishai after ʼAⱱnēr and,the,sun going_down and,they they_went until hill_of ʼAmmāh which/who on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face/surface_of Giyaaḩ road/way_of wilderness_of Giⱱˊōn )
The author is using a common expression of his culture to mean that the sun was setting. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and the sun was setting]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
אֲשֶׁר֙ עַל־פְּנֵי־גִ֔יחַ
(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_pursued Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) and,Abishai after ʼAⱱnēr and,the,sun going_down and,they they_went until hill_of ʼAmmāh which/who on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face/surface_of Giyaaḩ road/way_of wilderness_of Giⱱˊōn )
The author is using the term face by association to mean that the hill of Ammah was opposite or facing the place called Giah. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [which is opposite Giah]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / possession
דֶּ֖רֶךְ מִדְבַּ֥ר גִּבְעֽוֹן
(Some words not found in UHB: and,they_pursued Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) and,Abishai after ʼAⱱnēr and,the,sun going_down and,they they_went until hill_of ʼAmmāh which/who on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in face/surface_of Giyaaḩ road/way_of wilderness_of Giⱱˊōn )
The author is using this possessive form to mean the road that lead to the wilderness of Gibeon. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [on the road that leads to the wilderness of Gibeon]
OET-LV And_ Yōʼāⱱ and_ʼAⱱīshay _they_pursued after ʼAⱱnēr and_the_sun it_set and_they they_came to the_hill_of ʼAmmāh which is_on the_face_of Giyaaḩ the_way_of the_wilderness_of Giⱱˊōn.
OET (OET-RV) But Yoav and Avishay kept going after Avner. As the sun was setting, they came to the Amah hill (east of Giyah, along the road to the wilderness near Giveon)
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.