OET interlinear EXO 7:18

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: grammar-connect-logic-result

וּ⁠בָאַ֣שׁ הַ⁠יְאֹ֑ר

and,it_will_stink the,River

His warning, the river will stink, will happen because the fish die. Alternate translation: [and because of that the river will stink]

Note 2 topic: grammar-connect-logic-goal

לִ⁠שְׁתּ֥וֹת מַ֖יִם

(Some words not found in UHB: and,the,fish which/who [is]_in,River you(ms)_will_die and,it_will_stink the,River and,they_will_be_weary from_Miʦrayim/(Miʦrayim/(Egypt))s to,drink waters from/more_than the,River )

This phrase introduces a purpose clause. Use a natural way in your language for introducing a purpose clause. Alternate translation: [in order to find water to drink]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / rpronouns

וְ⁠נִלְא֣וּ מִצְרַ֔יִם

and,they_will_be_weary from_Miʦrayim/(Miʦrayim/(Egypt))s

Here, themselves refers back to the subject (the Egyptians) to indicated that the Egyptians are the object of the verb as well. Use a natural form in your language to show that the Egyptians are both subject and object. Alternate translation: [And the Egyptians will exhaust the Egyptians]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

מִן־הַ⁠יְאֹֽר

from/more_than the,River

After this phrase, the direct quote of Yahweh’s commands ends. Depending on your decisions about the embedded quotation levels, you may have up to three levels of quotations that need to be closed here. It may be helpful to your readers to indicate this with closing quotation marks or with whatever other punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate the end of a quotation and quotations within quotations.