OET interlinear 2 SAM 7:14

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אֲנִי֙ אֶהְיֶה־לּ֣⁠וֹ לְ⁠אָ֔ב וְ⁠ה֖וּא יִהְיֶה־לִּ֣⁠י לְ⁠בֵ֑ן

I be for=him/it (into)_a,father and=he will_belong (Some words not found in UHB: I be for=him/it (into)_a,father and=he will_belong to/for=me (into)_a,son which/who when,he,does_wrong and,I,will_reprove_him with,a_rod_of men and,with,wounds_of sons_of humankind )

Yahweh is speaking here as if he and David’s descendant would actually be father and son. He means that he will treat David’s descendant the way a father treats a son. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [I will treat him the way a father treats his son]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / doublet

בְּ⁠שֵׁ֣בֶט אֲנָשִׁ֔ים וּ⁠בְ⁠נִגְעֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם

(Some words not found in UHB: I be for=him/it (into)_a,father and=he will_belong to/for=me (into)_a,son which/who when,he,does_wrong and,I,will_reprove_him with,a_rod_of men and,with,wounds_of sons_of humankind )

The terms rod of men and blows of the sons of man mean similar things. Yahweh is using the two terms together for emphasis. If it would be clearer for your readers, you could express the emphasis with a single phrase. Alternate translation: [with human punishments]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בְּ⁠שֵׁ֣בֶט אֲנָשִׁ֔ים וּ⁠בְ⁠נִגְעֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם

(Some words not found in UHB: I be for=him/it (into)_a,father and=he will_belong to/for=me (into)_a,son which/who when,he,does_wrong and,I,will_reprove_him with,a_rod_of men and,with,wounds_of sons_of humankind )

Here, rod and blows represent punishment or discipline. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or plain language. Alternate translation: [with human discipline]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

בְּ⁠שֵׁ֣בֶט אֲנָשִׁ֔ים וּ⁠בְ⁠נִגְעֵ֖י בְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם

(Some words not found in UHB: I be for=him/it (into)_a,father and=he will_belong to/for=me (into)_a,son which/who when,he,does_wrong and,I,will_reprove_him with,a_rod_of men and,with,wounds_of sons_of humankind )

This could mean: (1) that Yahweh will discipline David’s son with measures of the same type and purpose that humans use to correct their children, not with divine judgments that would destroy him and his descendants. Alternate translation: [with measures such as humans use to correct their children]; (2) that Yahweh will use human beings as his agents to punish David’s son. Alternate translation: [I will use people to punish him]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

בְּנֵ֥י אָדָֽם

(Some words not found in UHB: I be for=him/it (into)_a,father and=he will_belong to/for=me (into)_a,son which/who when,he,does_wrong and,I,will_reprove_him with,a_rod_of men and,with,wounds_of sons_of humankind )

Here the masculine term sons of man has a generic sense that includes both men and women. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use language in your translation that is clearly inclusive of both men and women. Alternate translation: [human beings]