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 C2 C4 C5 C6 C7 C8 C9 C10 C11 C12 C13 C14 C15 C16 C17 C18 C19 C20 C21 C22 C23 C24
2 Sam 3 V1 V2 V3 V4 V5 V6 V7 V8 V9 V10 V11 V12 V13 V14 V15 V16 V17 V18 V20 V21 V22 V23 V24 V25 V26 V27 V28 V29 V30 V31 V32 V33 V34 V35 V36 V37 V38 V39
People tagged in the matching LV passage: Abner · Benjamin (patriarch) · David
Places tagged in the matching LV passage: Hebron (GEN 13:18)
Dictionary: David
OET-LV And_ also ʼAⱱnēr _he/it_spoke in_the_ears_of Binyāmīn and_ also ʼAⱱnēr _he/it_went to_speak in_the_ears_of Dāvid at_Ḩeⱱrōn DOM all_of that was_good in/on_both_eyes_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) and_in_the_eyes_of all_of the_house_of Binyāmīn.
OET (OET-RV) Avner also spoke privately with the Benyamites, then he went to Hevron to tell David privately what the Israelis and the Benyamites had agreed to.
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
בְּאָזְנֵ֣י בִנְיָמִ֑ין & בְּאָזְנֵ֤י דָוִד֙
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_spoke also/yet ʼAⱱnēr in,the_ears_of Binyāmīn and=he/it_went also/yet ʼAⱱnēr to,speak in,the_ears_of Dāvid at,Hebron DOM all/each/any/every which/who good in/on=both_eyes_of Yisrael and,in,the_eyes_of all/each/any/every house_of Binyāmīn )
The author is using the term ears to mean hearing. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [in the hearing of Benjamin … in the hearing of David] or [to Benjamin in person … to David in person]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
אֵ֤ת כָּל־אֲשֶׁר־טוֹב֙ בְּעֵינֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל וּבְעֵינֵ֖י כָּל־בֵּ֥ית בִּנְיָמִֽן
DOM (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_spoke also/yet ʼAⱱnēr in,the_ears_of Binyāmīn and=he/it_went also/yet ʼAⱱnēr to,speak in,the_ears_of Dāvid at,Hebron DOM all/each/any/every which/who good in/on=both_eyes_of Yisrael and,in,the_eyes_of all/each/any/every house_of Binyāmīn )
See the discussion of the phrase good in the eyes of in the Introduction to this chapter. Alternate translation: [everything that Israel and the house of Benjamin had decided was the right thing to do]
Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy
יִשְׂרָאֵ֔ל
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_spoke also/yet ʼAⱱnēr in,the_ears_of Binyāmīn and=he/it_went also/yet ʼAⱱnēr to,speak in,the_ears_of Dāvid at,Hebron DOM all/each/any/every which/who good in/on=both_eyes_of Yisrael and,in,the_eyes_of all/each/any/every house_of Binyāmīn )
Here, Israel represents the people of Israel. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [the Israelites]
Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
כָּל־בֵּ֥ית בִּנְיָמִֽן
(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_spoke also/yet ʼAⱱnēr in,the_ears_of Binyāmīn and=he/it_went also/yet ʼAⱱnēr to,speak in,the_ears_of Dāvid at,Hebron DOM all/each/any/every which/who good in/on=both_eyes_of Yisrael and,in,the_eyes_of all/each/any/every house_of Binyāmīn )
See how you translated the similar expression in 1:12. Alternate translation: [the whole tribe of Benjamin]
OET-LV And_ also ʼAⱱnēr _he/it_spoke in_the_ears_of Binyāmīn and_ also ʼAⱱnēr _he/it_went to_speak in_the_ears_of Dāvid at_Ḩeⱱrōn DOM all_of that was_good in/on_both_eyes_of Yisrāʼēl/(Israel) and_in_the_eyes_of all_of the_house_of Binyāmīn.
OET (OET-RV) Avner also spoke privately with the Benyamites, then he went to Hevron to tell David privately what the Israelis and the Benyamites had agreed to.
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.