OET interlinear YHN (JHN) 4:23

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

ἔρχεται ὥρα

˓is˒_coming ˓an˒_hour

See the discussion of an hour is coming in the General Notes to this chapter and see how you translated this phrase in verse [21](../04/21.md).

Note 2 topic: guidelines-sonofgodprinciples

τῷ Πατρὶ & ὁ Πατὴρ

˱before˲_the (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἀλλά ἔρχεται ὥρα καί νῦν ἐστίν ὅτε οἱ ἀληθινοί προσκυνηταί προσκυνήσουσιν τῷ Πατρί ἐν πνεύματι καί ἀληθείᾳ καί γάρ ὁ Πατήρ τοιούτους ζητεῖ τούς προσκυνοῦντας αὐτόν)

Father is an important title for God.

ἐν πνεύματι

in spirit

Here, spirit could refer to: (1) the inner person, which is what a person thinks and feels. Alternate translation: [with their spirits] (2) the Holy Spirit. Alternate translation: [in the Holy Spirit]

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἐν πνεύματι καὶ ἀληθείᾳ

in spirit (Some words not found in SR-GNT: Ἀλλά ἔρχεται ὥρα καί νῦν ἐστίν ὅτε οἱ ἀληθινοί προσκυνηταί προσκυνήσουσιν τῷ Πατρί ἐν πνεύματι καί ἀληθείᾳ καί γάρ ὁ Πατήρ τοιούτους ζητεῖ τούς προσκυνοῦντας αὐτόν)

Here, truth refers to thinking correctly of what is true about God, which is revealed in the Bible. If your language does not use an abstract noun for the idea of truth, you could express the same idea in another way. Alternate translation: [in spirit and in accordance with God’s Word]