OET interlinear DEU 2:22

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

לִ⁠בְנֵ֣י

for,descendants_of

Here, sons means the descendants of Esau. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly as is modeled in the UST.

Note 2 topic: writing-pronouns

מִ⁠פְּנֵי⁠הֶ֔ם וַ⁠יִּֽירָשֻׁ⁠ם֙ וַ⁠יֵּשְׁב֣וּ תַחְתָּ֔⁠ם

from=their=face/front and,dispossessed,them and=they_lived in_~_place,their

In the first clause, the pronoun their refers to the sons of Esau. In the second clause, they refers to the sons of Esau, while the pronouns them and their refer to the Horites. If it would be helpful in your language, you could repeat the names of the people groups. Alternate translation: [from before the sons of Esau's faces, and the sons of Esau dispossessed the Horites and have lived in their place]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מִ⁠פְּנֵי⁠הֶ֔ם

from=their=face/front

Here, faces represents the presence of the people. 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 them]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

עַ֖ד הַ⁠יּ֥וֹם הַ⁠זֶּֽה

until the=day the,this

Moses is using the term day by association to refer to a specific time, the time when he was writing this book. If it would be clearer in your language, you could use an equivalent idiom or state the meaning plainly. See the Introduction to Deuteronomy for a discussion of this phrase. Alternate translation: [right up to this time]