OET interlinear EXO 8:20

uW Translation Notes:

וְ⁠הִתְיַצֵּב֙ לִ⁠פְנֵ֣י פַרְעֹ֔ה

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said YHWH to/towards Mosheh get_up_early in,morning and,present_yourself to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before Parˊoh see/lo/see! going_out to,the,water and,you_will_say to=him/it thus he/it_had_said YHWH let_~_go people_of,my so,that,they_may_serve_me )

Alternate translation: [and present yourself to Pharaoh]

Note 1 topic: writing-newevent

וַ⁠יֹּ֨אמֶר יְהוָ֜ה

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said YHWH to/towards Mosheh get_up_early in,morning and,present_yourself to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before Parˊoh see/lo/see! going_out to,the,water and,you_will_say to=him/it thus he/it_had_said YHWH let_~_go people_of,my so,that,they_may_serve_me )

A new scene begins here. Use the natural form in your language for introducing a new event. This is the beginning of the fourth plague sequence.

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לִ⁠פְנֵ֣י פַרְעֹ֔ה

to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before Parˊoh

Here, face means the presence of a person.

הִנֵּ֖ה

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said YHWH to/towards Mosheh get_up_early in,morning and,present_yourself to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before Parˊoh see/lo/see! going_out to,the,water and,you_will_say to=him/it thus he/it_had_said YHWH let_~_go people_of,my so,that,they_may_serve_me )

Behold is used to draw attention to important information that is next. In some languages and translation styles, it will make the most sense to omit this, as in the UST. Alternate translation: [Listen carefully]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotations

כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said YHWH to/towards Mosheh get_up_early in,morning and,present_yourself to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before Parˊoh see/lo/see! going_out to,the,water and,you_will_say to=him/it thus he/it_had_said YHWH let_~_go people_of,my so,that,they_may_serve_me )

This phrase opens a direct quote that continues until the end of 8:23. It may be helpful to your readers to indicate this with an opening first-level quotation mark or with whatever other punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate the beginning of a quotation. However, you may also consider making the opening portion an indirect quote so that you do not have a quote inside of a quote for the next verses. Alternate translation: [that Yahweh says]

כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֔ה

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said YHWH to/towards Mosheh get_up_early in,morning and,present_yourself to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before Parˊoh see/lo/see! going_out to,the,water and,you_will_say to=him/it thus he/it_had_said YHWH let_~_go people_of,my so,that,they_may_serve_me )

This quotation formula is used to introduce commands from Yahweh. See Chapter 4 Introduction for more information.

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

שַׁלַּ֥ח

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_said YHWH to/towards Mosheh get_up_early in,morning and,present_yourself to=(the)_face_of/in_front_of/before Parˊoh see/lo/see! going_out to,the,water and,you_will_say to=him/it thus he/it_had_said YHWH let_~_go people_of,my so,that,they_may_serve_me )

This phrase opens a second-level direct quotation which continues until the end of 8:23, unless you made thus says Yahweh an indirect 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.

Note 5 topic: grammar-connect-logic-goal

וְ⁠יַֽעַבְדֻֽ⁠נִי

so,that,they_may_serve_me

This is the purpose of the people being let go. Use a natural way in your language for indicating purpose. Alternate translation: [so they can serve me]