OET interlinear DEUT 21:7

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וְ⁠עָנ֖וּ וְ⁠אָמְר֑וּ

and,they_will_answer and,they_will_say

Here the elders are responding to a situation, not to something that someone said. You could say that explicitly if that would be helpful to your readers. Alternate translation: [and they shall say in response to the murder situation]

Note 2 topic: writing-quotations

וְ⁠עָנ֖וּ וְ⁠אָמְר֑וּ

and,they_will_answer and,they_will_say

The term and say introduces a direct quotation. In your translation, use a natural way of introducing direct quotations in your language. It may not be necessary to represent this term explicitly. Alternate translation: [and they shall respond] or [and they shall answer]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

יָדֵ֗י⁠נוּ לֹ֤א שָֽׁפְכוּ֙ אֶת־הַ⁠דָּ֣ם הַ⁠זֶּ֔ה

our=both_hands not (Some words not found in UHB: and,they_will_answer and,they_will_say our=both_hands not shed DOM the,blood the=this and,eyes_of,our not see )

The elders are using one part of their bodies Our hands, to mean all of them in the act of spilling the blood. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [We have not spilled this blood]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

יָדֵ֗י⁠נוּ לֹ֤א שָֽׁפְכוּ֙ אֶת־הַ⁠דָּ֣ם הַ⁠זֶּ֔ה

our=both_hands not (Some words not found in UHB: and,they_will_answer and,they_will_say our=both_hands not shed DOM the,blood the=this and,eyes_of,our not see )

Here the phrase spilled this blood is being used as a common expression of this culture to mean “kill this person.” If this phrase does not have that meaning in your language, you could use a comparable expression from your language that does have that meaning, or you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [Our hands have not killed this person]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

וְ⁠עֵינֵ֖י⁠נוּ לֹ֥א רָאֽוּ

and,eyes_of,our not see

The elders are using one part of their bodies our eyes, to mean all of them in the act of seeing the murder. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [nor have we seen it]

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

לֹ֥א רָאֽוּ

not see

The elders are leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Alternate translation: [have not seen it happen] or [have not seen who killed this person]