OET interlinear EXO 10:7

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

עַד־מָתַי֙ יִהְיֶ֨ה זֶ֥ה לָ֨⁠נוּ֙ לְ⁠מוֹקֵ֔שׁ

until when(q) will_belong this to/for=us (into)_a,snare

Pharaoh’s servants ask this question to show Pharaoh that he is stubbornly causing the destruction of Egypt. If you would not use a rhetorical question for this purpose in your language, you could translate his words as a statement or an exclamation and communicate the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: [We must not let this man continue to cause trouble for us!]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / gendernotations

אֶת־הָ֣⁠אֲנָשִׁ֔ים

DOM DOM (Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said officials_of Parˊoh's to=him/it until when(q) will_belong this to/for=us (into)_a,snare let_~_go DOM the,people so,that_they_may_serve DOM YHWH God_of,their not,yet? realise that/for/because/then/when ruined Miʦrayim/(Egypt) )

Here, men may be literal or it may refer to the Israelites, including the women and children. In [10:10](../10/10.md) the king rejects the idea of letting the women and children go, and in [10:11](../10/11.md) he specifically says that the men can go.

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rquestion

הֲ⁠טֶ֣רֶם תֵּדַ֔ע כִּ֥י אָבְדָ֖ה מִצְרָֽיִם

not,yet? (Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said officials_of Parˊoh's to=him/it until when(q) will_belong this to/for=us (into)_a,snare let_~_go DOM the,people so,that_they_may_serve DOM YHWH God_of,their not,yet? realise that/for/because/then/when ruined Miʦrayim/(Egypt) )

Pharaoh’s servants ask this question to bring Pharaoh to recognize what he refuses to see. If you would not use a rhetorical question for this purpose in your language, you could translate his words as a statement or an exclamation and communicate the emphasis in another way. Alternate translation: [You should realize that Egypt is destroyed!]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

כִּ֥י אָבְדָ֖ה מִצְרָֽיִם

(Some words not found in UHB: and=they_said officials_of Parˊoh's to=him/it until when(q) will_belong this to/for=us (into)_a,snare let_~_go DOM the,people so,that_they_may_serve DOM YHWH God_of,their not,yet? realise that/for/because/then/when ruined Miʦrayim/(Egypt) )

If your language does not use the passive form in this way, you can express the idea in active form or in another way that is natural in your language. Alternate translation: [that these plagues have destroyed Egypt] or [that their God has destroyed Egypt]