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InterlinearVerse GEN EXO LEV NUM DEU JOB JOS JDG RUTH 1 SAM 2 SAM PSA AMOS HOS 1 KI 2 KI 1 CHR 2 CHR PROV ECC SNG JOEL MIC ISA ZEP HAB JER LAM YNA (JNA) NAH OBA DAN EZE EZRA EST NEH HAG ZEC MAL LAO GES LES ESG DNG 2 PS TOB JDT ESA WIS SIR BAR LJE PAZ SUS BEL MAN 1 MAC 2 MAC 3 MAC 4 MAC YHN (JHN) MARK MAT LUKE ACTs YAC (JAM) GAL 1 TH 2 TH 1 COR 2 COR ROM COL 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
2 Sam C1 C2 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 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31
OET (OET-LV) And_people_lifted_up DOM ˊAsāhʼēl and_they_buried_him in_the_tomb_of his/its_father which was_Bēyt- leḩem and_ all_of _they_went the_night Yōʼāⱱ and_men_of_his and_it_became_light to/for_them at_Ḩeⱱrōn.
OET (OET-RV) They retrieved Asah-El’s body and buried it in his father’s tomb in Beyt-Lehem. Then they walked all night and got back to Hebron at first light.
Note 1 topic: writing-pronouns
וַיִּשְׂאוּ֙ אֶת־עֲשָׂהאֵ֔ל וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֨הוּ֙ בְּקֶ֣בֶר אָבִ֔יו
(Some words not found in UHB: and,people_lifted_up DOM ˊAsāhʼēl and,they,buried_him in,the_tomb_of his/its=father which/who house_of -leḩem and,they_went all the=night Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) and,men_of,his and,it_became_light to/for=them at,Hebron )
The author is not using the pronoun they to refer to specific people. Use a comparable expression that would be natural in your language. Alternate translation: [And Asahel was carried off the battlefield and buried in the tomb of his father]
Note 2 topic: translate-symaction
וַיִּשְׂאוּ֙ אֶת־עֲשָׂהאֵ֔ל וַֽיִּקְבְּרֻ֨הוּ֙ בְּקֶ֣בֶר אָבִ֔יו
(Some words not found in UHB: and,people_lifted_up DOM ˊAsāhʼēl and,they,buried_him in,the_tomb_of his/its=father which/who house_of -leḩem and,they_went all the=night Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) and,men_of,his and,it_became_light to/for=them at,Hebron )
Ordinarily, soldiers were buried on the battlefield where they had died, so carrying Asahel’s body more than fifteen kilometers (more than ten miles) to his family tomb in Bethlehem was a symbolic action that showed special honor to him as a great warrior and as the brother of the commanding general, Joab. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could explain the significance of this action. Alternate translation: [And they respectfully took up Asahel, and they buried him with great honor in the tomb of his father]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
וַיֵּאֹ֥ר לָהֶ֖ם בְּחֶבְרֽוֹן
(Some words not found in UHB: and,people_lifted_up DOM ˊAsāhʼēl and,they,buried_him in,the_tomb_of his/its=father which/who house_of -leḩem and,they_went all the=night Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) and,men_of,his and,it_became_light to/for=them at,Hebron )
The author is using the term it became light by association to mean that the sky had begun to become light when they reached Hebron. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [and they reached Hebron in the early morning]
OET (OET-LV) And_people_lifted_up DOM ˊAsāhʼēl and_they_buried_him in_the_tomb_of his/its_father which was_Bēyt- leḩem and_ all_of _they_went the_night Yōʼāⱱ and_men_of_his and_it_became_light to/for_them at_Ḩeⱱrōn.
OET (OET-RV) They retrieved Asah-El’s body and buried it in his father’s tomb in Beyt-Lehem. Then they walked all night and got back to Hebron at first light.
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.