OET interlinear DEU 9:3

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / possession

יְהוָ֨ה אֱלֹהֶ֜י⁠ךָ

YHWH God_of,your

See how you translated the phrase “Yahweh your God” in [1:10](../01/10.md).

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

אֵ֣שׁ אֹֽכְלָ֔ה

fire devouring

Here Moses is speaking of Yahweh’s response, when he is jealous, as if it were a devouring fire. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [he is a destroyer of people who disobey him, just as a fire burns its fuel to ashes]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

ה֧וּא יַשְׁמִידֵ֛⁠ם וְ⁠ה֥וּא יַכְנִיעֵ֖⁠ם לְ⁠פָנֶ֑י⁠ךָ

he/it (Some words not found in UHB: and,you_will_know the=day that/for/because/then/when YHWH God_of,your he/it [is]_the,[one_who_will]_pass_over to=your=face fire devouring he/it he,will_destroy_them and=he he,will_subdue_them to=your=face and,you,will_dispossess_them and,you,will_destroy_them quickly just=as he/it_had_said YHWH to/for=you(fs) )

These two phrases mean basically the same thing. The second emphasizes the meaning of the first by repeating the same idea with different words. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could connect the phrases with a word other than and in order to show that the second phrase is repeating the first one, not saying something additional. Alternate translation: [he will destroy them, indeed, he will subdue them to your face]

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

ה֧וּא יַשְׁמִידֵ֛⁠ם וְ⁠ה֥וּא יַכְנִיעֵ֖⁠ם

he/it (Some words not found in UHB: and,you_will_know the=day that/for/because/then/when YHWH God_of,your he/it [is]_the,[one_who_will]_pass_over to=your=face fire devouring he/it he,will_destroy_them and=he he,will_subdue_them to=your=face and,you,will_dispossess_them and,you,will_destroy_them quickly just=as he/it_had_said YHWH to/for=you(fs) )

Moses is stating the pronoun he separately, even though the verbs translated as he will destroy and he will subdue already include this meaning. He is doing that to emphasize that Yahweh alone will do these things. If a speaker of your language would use an explicit pronoun for the same purpose, you may want to use that construction in your translation. If not, your language may have other ways of showing the meaning here. Alternate translation: [it is he who will destroy them, and it is he alone will subdue them]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לְ⁠פָנֶ֨י⁠ךָ֙ & לְ⁠פָנֶ֑י⁠ךָ

to=your=face & to=your=face

Here, face represents the presence of a person. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression from your language or state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: [in your presence … before you]