OET interlinear EXO 4:1

uW Translation Notes:

וַ⁠יַּ֤עַן מֹשֶׁה֙ וַ⁠יֹּ֔אמֶר

and,he_answered Mosheh and=he/it_said

Here, answered and said is a Hebrew expression which does not convey any extra information. Unless your language naturally uses a similar structure, it is better to translate one verb and omit the other. Alternate translation: [Moses answered]

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

וְ⁠הֵן֙ לֹֽא־יַאֲמִ֣ינוּ לִ֔⁠י וְ⁠לֹ֥א יִשְׁמְע֖וּ בְּ⁠קֹלִ֑⁠י כִּ֣י יֹֽאמְר֔וּ לֹֽא־נִרְאָ֥ה אֵלֶ֖י⁠ךָ יְהוָֽה

and=if not believe to=me and=not they_will_understand to,voice_of,my that/for/because/then/when say not he/it_appeared to,you YHWH

This is a direct quotation. It may be helpful to your readers to indicate this by marking it with first-level quotation marks or with whatever other punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate a quotation.There may be other quotations in this chapter; they will be marked by the same punctuation, but they will not have their own notes unless there is something unique about them.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

בְּ⁠קֹלִ֑⁠י

to,voice_of,my

See [3:18](../03/18.md). Alternate translation: [to what I say]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotesinquotes

לֹֽא־נִרְאָ֥ה אֵלֶ֖י⁠ךָ יְהוָֽה

not not he/it_appeared to,you YHWH

This is a second-level quotation. It may be helpful to your readers to indicate this by marking it with second-level quotation marks or with whatever other punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate a quotation within a quotation. However, you could translate it as an indirect quotation. Alternate translation: [that Yahweh has not appeared to me]

וְ⁠הֵן֙

and=if

This is a term meant to focus the attention of the listener on what the speaker is about to say. If there is not a good way to translate this term in your language, this term can be omitted from the translation, or you can use an alternate translation like “Listen to me.”