OET interlinear EXO 8:23

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

פְדֻ֔ת

distinction

This is a noun derived from a verb meaning “to buy back.” Very broadly, it can mean “to save or rescue.” If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of redemption, you can express the same idea in another way. See the next note regarding textual variants for more information.

Note 2 topic: translate-textvariants

פְדֻ֔ת

distinction

Many translations follow the Septuagint here, which uses the word “division.” A minor change to the Hebrew would also produce the word translated as “treat differently” in the previous verse. Alternate translation: [a division]

עַמִּ֖⁠י

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I_will_make distinction between people_of,my and=between people_of,your to,tomorrow will_belong the,sign (the),this )

Yahweh’s people, that is, the Israelites. Alternate translation: [the Israelites]

עַמֶּ֑⁠ךָ

(Some words not found in UHB: and,I_will_make distinction between people_of,my and=between people_of,your to,tomorrow will_belong the,sign (the),this )

Pharaoh’s people, that is, the Egyptians. Alternate translation: [the Egyptians]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / quotemarks

לְ⁠מָחָ֥ר יִהְיֶ֖ה הָ⁠אֹ֥ת הַ⁠זֶּֽה

to,tomorrow will_belong the,sign (Some words not found in UHB: and,I_will_make distinction between people_of,my and=between people_of,your to,tomorrow will_belong the,sign (the),this )

After this phrase, the three levels of direct quotations of Yahweh that started in 8:20 ends. It may be helpful to your readers to indicate this with closing first-level, second-level, and third-level quotation marks or with whatever other punctuation or convention your language uses to indicate the end of quotations. You may not have three levels if you made any level an indirect quotation.