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OET (OET-LV) And_obeisance and_he/it_said what servant_your (cmp) you_have_turned to the_dog the_dead who like_me.
OET (OET-RV) Mefiboshet bowed low and asked, “Your servant’s nothing more than a dead dog. Why would you care about me?”
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion
(Occurrence 0) What is your servant, that you should look with favor on such a dead dog as I am?
(Some words not found in UHB: and,obeisance and=he/it_said what? servant,your that/for/because/then/when look to/towards the,dog the,dead which/who like,me )
This rhetorical question shows that Mephibosheth understands that he is not important enough for the king to take care of him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this question as a statement. Alternate translation: “I am like a dead dog. I do not deserve for you to be kind to me.”
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor
(Occurrence 0) such a dead dog
(Some words not found in UHB: and,obeisance and=he/it_said what? servant,your that/for/because/then/when look to/towards the,dog the,dead which/who like,me )
Here Mephibosheth represents the line of Saul, and he compares himself to a “dead dog.” Dogs were feral animals, not cared for, and of little importance. A dead dog would be considered even less important. Alternate translation: “such a person like me who is worthless as a dead dog”
9:8 a dead dog like me: Mephibosheth knew that anyone with a possible claim to the throne might be killed as a threat.
OET (OET-LV) And_obeisance and_he/it_said what servant_your (cmp) you_have_turned to the_dog the_dead who like_me.
OET (OET-RV) Mefiboshet bowed low and asked, “Your servant’s nothing more than a dead dog. Why would you care about me?”
Note: The OET-RV is still only a first draft, and so far only a few words have been (mostly automatically) matched to the Hebrew or Greek words that they’re translated from.