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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) Abner also spoke privately with the Benyamites, then he went to Hebron 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](../01/12.md). 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) Abner also spoke privately with the Benyamites, then he went to Hebron 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.