OET interlinear 2 SAM 5:8

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

יְבֻסִי֙

Yəⱱūşī/(Yəⱱūşī/(Jebusite)s)

David is not referring to a specific Jebusite. He means all of the Jebusites who are living in this fortified area of Jerusalem and fighting to keep him out of it. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use an expression that would be more natural in your language. Alternate translation: [these Jebusites]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

וְ⁠אֶת־הַ⁠פִּסְחִים֙ וְ⁠אֶת־הַ֣⁠עִוְרִ֔ים

and=DOM and=DOM (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Dāvid in_the=day (the)=that all/each/any/every strike_of Yəⱱūşī/(Yəⱱūşī/(Jebusite)s) and,let_him_approach by,tunnel and=DOM the_lame,[people] and=DOM the_blind,[people] hated_of creature Dāvid on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so say blind and,a_lame_[person] not come to/towards the,house )

David is using the adjectives lame and blind as nouns to mean people who cannot walk well and people who cannot see. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you can translate these adjectives with equivalent phrases. Alternate translation: [people who cannot walk well and people who cannot see]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

שנאה נֶ֣פֶשׁ דָּוִ֑ד

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Dāvid in_the=day (the)=that all/each/any/every strike_of Yəⱱūşī/(Yəⱱūşī/(Jebusite)s) and,let_him_approach by,tunnel and=DOM the_lame,[people] and=DOM the_blind,[people] hated_of creature Dāvid on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so say blind and,a_lame_[person] not come to/towards the,house )

The expression hated by the soul of David 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: [whom David’s soul hates]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

שנאה נֶ֣פֶשׁ דָּוִ֑ד

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Dāvid in_the=day (the)=that all/each/any/every strike_of Yəⱱūşī/(Yəⱱūşī/(Jebusite)s) and,let_him_approach by,tunnel and=DOM the_lame,[people] and=DOM the_blind,[people] hated_of creature Dāvid on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so say blind and,a_lame_[person] not come to/towards the,house )

David is using the soul of David to represent David himself. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your culture or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [whom David hates]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / 123person

שנאה נֶ֣פֶשׁ דָּוִ֑ד

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Dāvid in_the=day (the)=that all/each/any/every strike_of Yəⱱūşī/(Yəⱱūşī/(Jebusite)s) and,let_him_approach by,tunnel and=DOM the_lame,[people] and=DOM the_blind,[people] hated_of creature Dāvid on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so say blind and,a_lame_[person] not come to/towards the,house )

In giving an official command to his soldiers, David is speaking about himself formally in the third person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could translate this in the first person. Alternate translation: [whom I hate]

Note 6 topic: writing-background

עַל־כֵּן֙ יֹֽאמְר֔וּ עִוֵּ֣ר וּ⁠פִסֵּ֔חַ לֹ֥א יָב֖וֹא אֶל־הַ⁠בָּֽיִת

on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in (Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Dāvid in_the=day (the)=that all/each/any/every strike_of Yəⱱūşī/(Yəⱱūşī/(Jebusite)s) and,let_him_approach by,tunnel and=DOM the_lame,[people] and=DOM the_blind,[people] hated_of creature Dāvid on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so say blind and,a_lame_[person] not come to/towards the,house )

The author is providing the background information that David’s statement that he hated the lame and the blind was the origin of the popular saying that he quotes. In your translation, introduce this information in a way that would be natural in your own language and culture.

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / genericnoun

עִוֵּ֣ר וּ⁠פִסֵּ֔חַ

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Dāvid in_the=day (the)=that all/each/any/every strike_of Yəⱱūşī/(Yəⱱūşī/(Jebusite)s) and,let_him_approach by,tunnel and=DOM the_lame,[people] and=DOM the_blind,[people] hated_of creature Dāvid on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so say blind and,a_lame_[person] not come to/towards the,house )

The people using this popular saying are not referring to a specific blind or lame person. They mean blind and lame people in general. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use an expression that would be more natural in your language. Alternate translation: [A blind person or a lame person]

Note 8 topic: writing-pronouns

יֹֽאמְר֔וּ

say

Here the author is using the pronoun they in a general sense, not to refer to specific people. Use an expression for this that would be natural in your language. Alternate translation: [it came to be said] or [it became a saying]

Note 9 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

הַ⁠בָּֽיִת

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said Dāvid in_the=day (the)=that all/each/any/every strike_of Yəⱱūşī/(Yəⱱūşī/(Jebusite)s) and,let_him_approach by,tunnel and=DOM the_lame,[people] and=DOM the_blind,[people] hated_of creature Dāvid on/upon/above/on_account_of//he/it_went_in yes/correct/thus/so say blind and,a_lame_[person] not come to/towards the,house )

In this saying, the house means the palace where the king lived. You could clarify this if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [the palace]