OET interlinear DEU 1:22

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לְ⁠פָנֵ֔י⁠נוּ

to/for,ahead_of,us

Here, the word faces represents going in front. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [before us]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וְ⁠יָשִׁ֤בוּ אֹתָ֨⁠נוּ֙ דָּבָ֔ר

and,bring_back DOM,us report

Moses is speaking of word (which means “a report”) about the land as if it were a physical object that someone could return to someone else. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [and report back to us about]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

דָּבָ֔ר

report

Here, word represents the report that the Israelite spies would give using words. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [a report about]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

אֲשֶׁ֣ר נַעֲלֶה־בָּ֔⁠הּ

which/who go_up in/on/at/with,her

The implication is that the Israelites are camping in a valley, so they must travel up the hilly area when they go into the land that Yahweh promised to give to them. You could include this information if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [by which we will go up from the valley and into the land]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / go

נָבֹ֖א

come

In a context such as this, your language might say “go” instead of come. Alternate translation: [we will go]