OET interlinear 2 SAM 3:24

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

מֶ֣ה עָשִׂ֑יתָה

what? (Some words not found in UHB: and,he_went Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) to/towards the=king and=he/it_said what? done see/lo/see! came ʼAⱱnēr to,you to/for=what that did,you_send_him_away and=he/it_went to_go )

Joab is using the question form to challenge David for letting Abner go. 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: [You have done something that you should not have done!]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

לָ⁠מָּה־זֶּ֥ה שִׁלַּחְתּ֖⁠וֹ וַ⁠יֵּ֥לֶךְ הָלֽוֹךְ

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_went Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) to/towards the=king and=he/it_said what? done see/lo/see! came ʼAⱱnēr to,you to/for=what that did,you_send_him_away and=he/it_went to_go )

Joab is using the question form to express his strong disapproval of David letting Abner go. 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: [There was no good reason to send him away, so that going, he has gone!]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / reduplication

וַ⁠יֵּ֥לֶךְ הָלֽוֹךְ

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_went Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) to/towards the=king and=he/it_said what? done see/lo/see! came ʼAⱱnēr to,you to/for=what that did,you_send_him_away and=he/it_went to_go )

Joab is repeating forms of the verb “go” in order to intensify his expression of the idea that it conveys. If your language can repeat words for intensification, it would be appropriate to do that here in your translation. If not, your language may have another way of expressing the intensification. Alternate translation: [and he has completely gone]