OET interlinear 2 SAM 3:2

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-background

ו⁠ילדו לְ⁠דָוִ֛ד בָּנִ֖ים בְּ⁠חֶבְר֑וֹן

and,they_were_born to,David (Some words not found in UHB: and,they_were_born to,David sons in,Hebron and=he/it_was firstborn_of,his ʼAmnōn of,Ahinoam the_Jezreelite,[woman] )

The author is providing background information to help readers understand what happens later in the story. Three of these sons, Amnon, Absalom, and Adonijah, will figure prominently in the narrative. In your translation, introduce this information in a way that would be natural in your own language and culture.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

ו⁠ילדו לְ⁠דָוִ֛ד בָּנִ֖ים בְּ⁠חֶבְר֑וֹן

and,they_were_born to,David (Some words not found in UHB: and,they_were_born to,David sons in,Hebron and=he/it_was firstborn_of,his ʼAmnōn of,Ahinoam the_Jezreelite,[woman] )

The expression were born is a passive verbal form. If your language would not use that form, you could express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [Now David’s wives bore him sons]

Note 3 topic: translate-kinship

וַ⁠יְהִ֤י בְכוֹר⁠וֹ֙

and=he/it_was firstborn_of,his

Your language may have its own term or expression for this relationship. Alternate translation: [And his eldest]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

לַ⁠אֲחִינֹ֖עַם הַ⁠יִּזְרְעֵאלִֽת

of,Ahinoam (Some words not found in UHB: and,they_were_born to,David sons in,Hebron and=he/it_was firstborn_of,his ʼAmnōn of,Ahinoam the_Jezreelite,[woman] )

The author is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [who was born to Ahinoam the Jezreelitess] or [whose mother was Ahinoam the Jezreelitess]