OET interlinear EXO 9:35

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

וַֽ⁠יֶּחֱזַק֙ לֵ֣ב פַּרְעֹ֔ה

and,hardened heart Farˊoh's

Pharaoh’s stubborn attitude is spoken of as if his heart were strong. If the heart is not the body part your culture uses to refer to a person’s will, consider using whichever organ your culture would use for this image. See how you translated this in Exodus 7:13. This is a neutral statement (it does not say that anyone caused him to be stubborn as many others in this part of the narrative do). Alternate translation: “Pharaoh was still defiant”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

כַּ⁠אֲשֶׁ֛ר דִּבֶּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה בְּ⁠יַד־מֹשֶֽׁה

just=as he/it_had_said YHWH in/on/at/with,hand_of Mosheh

This is similar to 9:12. In this case, what Yahweh said is spoken of as if it were something that could be held in someone’s hand. This means that Moses delivered a message from Yahweh that Pharaoh would be stubborn. It is not clear if this message was given to the Israelites or if this refers to Moses’ statement to Pharaoh in 9:30. If your readers would not understand what this image means in this context, you could use an equivalent metaphor from your culture. Alternatively, you could express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “just as Yahweh had told Moses to say”