OET interlinear JOB 38:1

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: writing-newevent

וַ⁠יַּֽעַן־יְהוָ֣ה אֶת־אִ֭יּוֹב מנ ה⁠סערה וַ⁠יֹּאמַֽר

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_answered YHWH DOM ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job) מנ the,tempest and,he_said )

The narrator is using the word translated And to introduce a new event in the story. Use a word, phrase, or other method in your language that is natural for making a transition from what has already been happening in a story and introducing a new event. Alternate translation: [And when the storm that Elihu had been watching and describing finally arrived where he and the others were, Yahweh answered Job from the storm and said]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / hendiadys

וַ⁠יַּֽעַן־יְהוָ֣ה אֶת־אִ֭יּוֹב מנ ה⁠סערה וַ⁠יֹּאמַֽר

(Some words not found in UHB: and,he_answered YHWH DOM ʼIyyōⱱ/(Job) מנ the,tempest and,he_said )

This phrase expresses a single idea by using two words connected with and. The word answered tells for what purpose a person said something. Specifically, the person said it in order to answer or respond to what someone else said. If it would be more natural in your language, you could express this meaning with an equivalent phrase that does not use “and.” Alternate translation: [And from the storm Yahweh responded to Job]