OET interlinear EXO 8:24

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / explicit

וַ⁠יַּ֤עַשׂ יְהוָה֙ כֵּ֔ן

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_made YHWH yes/correct/thus/so and,it_came swarms_of_flies great the_house_of,to Parˊoh and,the_house_of his_servants_of,his and=on/over=all earth/land Miʦrayim/(Egypt) ruined the=earth/land from=face/in_front_of the,swarm )

The UST supplies a brief sentence filling in the gap between Yahweh’s command to Moses and the onset of the plague. If it would be helpful to your readers, you could express that explicitly to make the progression of events clear. Alternate translation: [Moses obeyed the instructions Yahweh gave him, and Pharaoh responded as Yahweh had said he would. And Yahweh did so]

Note 2 topic: writing-newevent

וַ⁠יַּ֤עַשׂ יְהוָה֙ כֵּ֔ן

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_made YHWH yes/correct/thus/so and,it_came swarms_of_flies great the_house_of,to Parˊoh and,the_house_of his_servants_of,his and=on/over=all earth/land Miʦrayim/(Egypt) ruined the=earth/land from=face/in_front_of the,swarm )

There is a minor scene change here. Use the natural form in your language for introducing a new event.

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

עָרֹ֣ב

swarms_of_flies

There are probably the common large flies that bother humans and livestock. See how you translated this in [8:21](../08/21.md)

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / go

וַ⁠יָּבֹא֙

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_made YHWH yes/correct/thus/so and,it_came swarms_of_flies great the_house_of,to Parˊoh and,the_house_of his_servants_of,his and=on/over=all earth/land Miʦrayim/(Egypt) ruined the=earth/land from=face/in_front_of the,swarm )

Some languages may need to translate this as “going” rather than “coming.” Alternate translation: [and … went]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / merism

בֵּ֥יתָ⁠ה פַרְעֹ֖ה וּ⁠בֵ֣ית עֲבָדָ֑י⁠ו

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_made YHWH yes/correct/thus/so and,it_came swarms_of_flies great the_house_of,to Parˊoh and,the_house_of his_servants_of,his and=on/over=all earth/land Miʦrayim/(Egypt) ruined the=earth/land from=face/in_front_of the,swarm )

This means “to everyone everywhere” (in Egypt), as made explicit in the next statement. This makes clear that the insects were throughout the land. You should translate this in such a way that it does not convey limitation to these specifics but is understood to imply universality.

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / activepassive

תִּשָּׁחֵ֥ת הָ⁠אָ֖רֶץ מִ⁠פְּנֵ֥י הֶ⁠עָרֹֽב

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_made YHWH yes/correct/thus/so and,it_came swarms_of_flies great the_house_of,to Parˊoh and,the_house_of his_servants_of,his and=on/over=all earth/land Miʦrayim/(Egypt) ruined the=earth/land from=face/in_front_of the,swarm )

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: [The swarms of flies devastated the land]

Note 7 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מִ⁠פְּנֵ֥י הֶ⁠עָרֹֽב

(Some words not found in UHB: and=he/it_made YHWH yes/correct/thus/so and,it_came swarms_of_flies great the_house_of,to Parˊoh and,the_house_of his_servants_of,his and=on/over=all earth/land Miʦrayim/(Egypt) ruined the=earth/land from=face/in_front_of the,swarm )

Here, face represents the presence of the insects. Alternate translation: [because the insects were everywhere]