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OET (OET-LV) And_ ʼAⱱnēr _he/it_called to Yōʼāⱱ and_he/it_said to_perpetuity will_it_devour the_sword am_not do_you_know if/because_that bitter it_will_be at_last and_unto when not will_you_say to_people to_turn_back from_after brothers_of_their.
OET (OET-RV) Abner called out to Yoav, “Are we just going to keep killing each other? Don’t you know that the only result can be more bitterness? How long will you go on before you command your people to stop killing their cousins?”
Note 1 topic: writing-quotations
וַיֹּ֨אמֶר֙
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_called ʼAⱱnēr to/towards Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) and=he/it_said ?,to,perpetuity you(ms)_will_eat sword am=not know that/for/because/then/when bitterness be at,last and=unto when(q) not tell to,people to,turn_back from,after brothers_of,their )
The expression and said introduces a direct quotation. In your translation, use a natural way of introducing direct quotations in your language. It may not be necessary to represent this expression explicitly.
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
הֲלָנֶ֨צַח֙ תֹּ֣אכַל חֶ֔רֶב הֲל֣וֹא יָדַ֔עְתָּה כִּֽי־מָרָ֥ה תִהְיֶ֖ה בָּאַחֲרוֹנָ֑ה וְעַד־מָתַי֙ לֹֽא־תֹאמַ֣ר לָעָ֔ם לָשׁ֖וּב מֵאַחֲרֵ֥י אֲחֵיהֶֽם
?,to,perpetuity (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_called ʼAⱱnēr to/towards Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) and=he/it_said ?,to,perpetuity you(ms)_will_eat sword am=not know that/for/because/then/when bitterness be at,last and=unto when(q) not tell to,people to,turn_back from,after brothers_of,their )
Abner is using the question form for emphasis. If a speaker of your language would not use the question form for that purpose, you could translate this as a statement or as an exclamation. Alternate translation: [The sword should not devour forever! You must know that it will be bitter at the last! You should say to the people right away to turn from after their brothers!]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / personification
הֲלָנֶ֨צַח֙ תֹּ֣אכַל חֶ֔רֶב
?,to,perpetuity (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_called ʼAⱱnēr to/towards Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) and=he/it_said ?,to,perpetuity you(ms)_will_eat sword am=not know that/for/because/then/when bitterness be at,last and=unto when(q) not tell to,people to,turn_back from,after brothers_of,their )
Abner is speaking of a sword as if it were a living thing that could devour something. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Are we going to keep killing each other?] or [We should not keep killing each other!]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj
בָּאַחֲרוֹנָ֑ה
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_called ʼAⱱnēr to/towards Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) and=he/it_said ?,to,perpetuity you(ms)_will_eat sword am=not know that/for/because/then/when bitterness be at,last and=unto when(q) not tell to,people to,turn_back from,after brothers_of,their )
Abner is using the adjective last as a noun to mean a certain time. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate this adjective with an equivalent phrase. Alternate translation: [in the end]
Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit
לָעָ֔ם
to,people
See how you translated the term people in [1:4](../01/04.md). Alternate translation: [to your soldiers]
Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
אֲחֵיהֶֽם
brothers_of,their
Abner is speaking as if his soldiers were the actual brothers of Joab’s soldiers. He means they were fellow Israelites. If it would be clearer in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [their fellow Israelites]
OET (OET-LV) And_ ʼAⱱnēr _he/it_called to Yōʼāⱱ and_he/it_said to_perpetuity will_it_devour the_sword am_not do_you_know if/because_that bitter it_will_be at_last and_unto when not will_you_say to_people to_turn_back from_after brothers_of_their.
OET (OET-RV) Abner called out to Yoav, “Are we just going to keep killing each other? Don’t you know that the only result can be more bitterness? How long will you go on before you command your people to stop killing their cousins?”
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.