OET interlinear 2 SAM 3:27

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

תּ֣וֹךְ הַ⁠שַּׁ֔עַר

middle_of (Some words not found in UHB: and,he_returned ʼAⱱnēr Ḩeⱱrōn and,he,turned_him_aside Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) to/towards middle_of of,the_gate to,speak with=him/it in,quietness and,he,struck_him there the,belly and=he/it_died for,the_blood_of ˊAsāh- -^ʼēl his/its=brother )

The author assumes that his readers will know that by the middle of the gate, he is referring to an area within the city wall between the openings that led out of the city and into the city. You could indicate this explicitly in your translation if that would be helpful to your readers. The UST models one way to do that.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

בַּ⁠שֶּׁ֑לִי

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_returned ʼAⱱnēr Ḩeⱱrōn and,he,turned_him_aside Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) to/towards middle_of of,the_gate to,speak with=him/it in,quietness and,he,struck_him there the,belly and=he/it_died for,the_blood_of ˊAsāh- -^ʼēl his/its=brother )

If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of quiet, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [quietly]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / infostructure

וַ⁠יַּכֵּ֤⁠הוּ שָׁם֙ הַ⁠חֹ֔מֶשׁ וַ⁠יָּ֕מָת בְּ⁠דַ֖ם עֲשָׂה־אֵ֥ל אָחִֽי⁠ו

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_returned ʼAⱱnēr Ḩeⱱrōn and,he,turned_him_aside Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) to/towards middle_of of,the_gate to,speak with=him/it in,quietness and,he,struck_him there the,belly and=he/it_died for,the_blood_of ˊAsāh- -^ʼēl his/its=brother )

If it would be more natural in your language, you may want to put the information about why Joab killed Abner before the information about how he did it. Alternate translation: [And for the blood of Asahel his brother, he struck him there in the stomach, and he died]

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

וַ⁠יַּכֵּ֤⁠הוּ שָׁם֙ הַ⁠חֹ֔מֶשׁ וַ⁠יָּ֕מָת בְּ⁠דַ֖ם עֲשָׂה־אֵ֥ל אָחִֽי⁠ו

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_returned ʼAⱱnēr Ḩeⱱrōn and,he,turned_him_aside Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) to/towards middle_of of,the_gate to,speak with=him/it in,quietness and,he,struck_him there the,belly and=he/it_died for,the_blood_of ˊAsāh- -^ʼēl his/its=brother )

The pronoun he refers to Joab, while the pronoun him refers to Abner. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: [And for the blood of Asahel his brother, Joab struck Abner there in the stomach, and Abner died]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בְּ⁠דַ֖ם עֲשָׂה־אֵ֥ל אָחִֽי⁠ו

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_returned ʼAⱱnēr Ḩeⱱrōn and,he,turned_him_aside Yōʼāⱱ/(Joab) to/towards middle_of of,the_gate to,speak with=him/it in,quietness and,he,struck_him there the,belly and=he/it_died for,the_blood_of ˊAsāh- -^ʼēl his/its=brother )

Here, blood represents the killing of Asahel for which Joab wanted to take revenge. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [to avenge the death of Asahel his brother]