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B I ◄ ← 2 Sam 16:7 ↓ → ► ≡ ═ ©
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OET (OET-RV) “Go away, go away, you worthless man of much bloodshed!” Shimei yelled.![]()
OET-LV And_thus Shimˊī he_said when_cursed_he get_out get_out Oh_man_of (the)_blood(s) and_Oh_man_of (the)_worthlessness.![]()
UHB וְכֹֽה־אָמַ֥ר שִׁמְעִ֖י בְּקַֽלְל֑וֹ צֵ֥א צֵ֛א אִ֥ישׁ הַדָּמִ֖ים וְאִ֥ישׁ הַבְּלִיָּֽעַל׃ ‡
(vəkoh-ʼāmar shimˊiy bəqallō ʦēʼ ʦēʼ ʼiysh haddāmim vəʼiysh habəliyyāˊal.)
Key: khaki:verbs.
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BrLXX Καὶ οὕτως ἔλεγε Σεμεῒ ἐν τῷ καταρᾶσθαι αὐτὸν, ἔξελθε ἔξελθε ἀνὴρ αἱμάτων καὶ ἀνὴρ ὁ παράνομος.
(Kai houtōs elege Semei en tōi katarasthai auton, exelthe exelthe anaʸr haimatōn kai anaʸr ho paranomos.)
BrTr And thus Semei said when he cursed him, Go out, go out, thou bloody man, and man of sin.
ULT And thus Shimei said in his cursing, “Get out, get out, man of blood, man of wickedness!
UST Shimei cursed David and said to him, “Go away and never come back, you murderer, you scoundrel!
BSB & MSB And as he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Get out, get out, you worthless man of bloodshed!
OEB No OEB SA2 16:7 book available
WEBBE & WMBB Shimei said when he cursed, “Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, and wicked fellow!
NET As he yelled curses, Shimei said, “Leave! Leave! You man of bloodshed, you wicked man!
LSV And thus said Shimei in his reviling: “Go out, go out, O man of blood, and man of worthlessness!
FBV “Get out of here, just get out, you murderer, you wicked man!” Shimei said as he cursed.
T4T Shimei cursed David and said to him, “Get out of here, you murderer, you scoundrel!
LEB Shimei said while cursing him, “Go out, go out, you ⌊man of bloodshed⌋,[fn] you ⌊man of wickedness⌋.[fn]
BBE And Shimei said, with curses, Be gone, be gone, you man of blood, you good-for-nothing:
Moff No Moff SA2 16:7 book available
JPS And thus said Shimei when he cursed: 'Begone, begone, thou man of blood, and base fellow;
ASV And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Begone, begone, thou man of blood, and base fellow:
DRA And thus said Semei when he cursed the king: Come out, come out, thou man of blood, and thou man of Belial.
YLT And thus said Shimei in his reviling, 'Go out, go out, O man of blood, and man of worthlessness!
Drby And thus said Shimei as he cursed: Away, away, thou man of blood and man of Belial!
RV And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Begone, begone, thou man of blood, and man of Belial:
(And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Begone, begone, thou/you man of blood, and man of Belial:)
SLT And thus said Shimei in his cursing, Come forth, come forth, thou man of bloods and man of.
Wbstr And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:
KJB-1769 And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou bloody man, and thou man of Belial:[fn]
(And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come out, come out, thou/you bloody man, and thou/you man of Belial:)
16.7 bloody…: Heb. man of blood
KJB-1611 And thus said Shimei when hee cursed, Come out, come out thou [fn]bloody man, and thou man of Belial:
(Modernised spelling is same as from KJB-1769 above, apart from punctuation and footnotes)
16:7 Hebr. man of blood.
Bshps And thus sayd Semei when he cursed: Come foorth, come foorth thou bloodsheder, and thou man of Belial.
(And thus said Semei when he cursed: Come forth, come forth thou/you bloodshedder, and thou/you man of Belial.)
Gnva And thus sayde Shimei when hee cursed, Come forth, come foorth thou murtherer, and wicked man.
(And thus said Shimei when he cursed, Come forth, come forth thou/you murderer, and wicked man.)
Cvdl Thus sayde Semei whan he cursed: Get the forth, get the forth thou bloudy hounde, thou man of Belial.
(Thus said Semei when he cursed: Get the forth, get the forth thou/you bloody hound, thou/you man of Belial.)
Wycl Sotheli Semey spak so, whanne he curside the kyng, Go out, go out, thou man of bloodis, and man of Belial!
(Truly Shimei spake so, when he cursed the king, Go out, go out, thou/you man of bloods, and man of Belial!)
Luth So sprach aber Simei, da er fluchte: Heraus, heraus, du Bluthund, du loser Mann!
(So spoke but Shimei, there he escape(v)e: Out_of_here, out_of_here, you(sg) bloodthirsty_man, you(sg) loser Mann!)
ClVg Ita autem loquebatur Semei cum malediceret regi: Egredere, egredere, vir sanguinum, et vir Belial.
(So/thus however spoke Semei when/with would_curse to_rule: Go_out, to_go_out, man bloody, and man Belial.)
Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / reduplication
צֵ֥א צֵ֛א
get_out get_out
Shimei is repeating the verb get out 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: [Get all the way out of here]
Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom
אִ֥ישׁ הַדָּמִ֖ים וְאִ֥ישׁ הַבְּלִיָּֽעַל
(a)_man (Some words not found in UHB: and,thus he/it_had_said Shimˊī when,cursed,he get_out get_out (a)_man of_(the),blood(s) and,O_man_of of_(the),worthlessness )
Shimei is saying man of here in the same way that biblical authors and characters often use the similar expression “son of” to indicate that a person has the characteristic of something. In this case, Shimei is saying that David has the characteristics of being deadly violent and wicked. The first phrase describes what David has done, and the second phrase describes what kind of person Shimei believes David to be. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or state the meaning plainly. The UST models one way to do that.
Note 3 topic: translate-plural
אִ֥ישׁ הַדָּמִ֖ים
(a)_man (Some words not found in UHB: and,thus he/it_had_said Shimˊī when,cursed,he get_out get_out (a)_man of_(the),blood(s) and,O_man_of of_(the),worthlessness )
The word blood is plural here because it refers to blood shed by violence. Your language may use the plural form of its word for blood to mean the same thing. If not, you could express the meaning in another way, here and in the next verse. See how you translated the similar expression in 3:28. Alternate translation: [man of bloodshed]
2 Samuel 15-16
Several years after killing his half brother Amnon and his brothers, Absalom was reconciled to his father David (2 Samuel 13-14). Then Absalom spent the next four years grooming the people of Israel to favor him over his father, all in preparation to eventually rebel against his father’s rule. When it appeared to Absalom that the time had finally come to act on his plan, he staged a coup in the town of Hebron about 19 miles (30 km) south of Jerusalem. A messenger came to David and told him that the people of Israel had declared Absalom king, and David chose to flee Jerusalem with his household and many of his officials. They left the city and crossed the Kidron Valley to take the road that went up the Mount of Olives before heading toward Jericho and the Jordan Valley much further east. When he reached the summit of the Mount of Olives, he sent his counselor Hushai back to Jerusalem to act as a false counselor to Absalom and to keep David informed of his plans. Interestingly, 2 Samuel 15:32 notes that the summit of the Mount of Olives was “where God was worshiped.” Sometime during the ministry of Samuel, the Philistines defeated the Israelites in battle at Ebenezer near Aphek and captured the Ark of the Covenant. They took it to Ashdod, Gath, and Ekron but eventually returned it to Israel, where the Ark was then taken to Kiriath-jearim (1 Samuel 4-5; also see “The Ark of the Covenant Is Captured and Returned” map). After the battle, the worship center of Shiloh appears to have been overrun as well (Psalm 78:60; Jeremiah 7:12-14; 26:6). Many of the priests apparently relocated to the town of Nob near Jerusalem, perhaps on the summit of the Mount of Olives (1 Samuel 22:11; Isaiah 10:32; see “The Ark of the Covenant in the Promised Land” map), while the Tabernacle and altar were relocated to the High Place at Gibeon/Gibeah (1 Chronicles 16:39-40; 21:29; see “David Transports the Ark of the Covenant to Jerusalem” map). A little beyond the summit of the Mount of Olives, Ziba, the servant of Saul’s grandson Mephibosheth, met David with donkeys and food for his journey. When David learned that Mephibosheth was making plans to regain the kingdom of his grandfather, David rewarded Ziba’s loyalty by granting him all of Mephibosheth’s inheritance. As David and his officials passed by Bahurim, one of Saul’s relatives came out and cursed David and threw stones at him and those with him. David chose not to stop him and continued on to the Jordan River (see also “Absalom Rebels against David” map).