OET interlinear JOB 41:30

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

תַּ֭חְתָּי⁠ו חַדּ֣וּדֵי חָ֑רֶשׂ

(taḩttāy⁠v ḩaddūdēy ḩāres)

Yahweh is speaking as if Leviathan literally had points of a shard underneath it, sharp pieces of broken pottery. This is a poetic reference to the sharp scales that are on its underbelly. If it would be clearer in your language, you could express this as a comparison. Alternate translation: “It has pointed scales on its underbelly that are as sharp as pieces of broken pottery”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

יִרְפַּ֖ד חָר֣וּץ עֲלֵי־טִֽיט

(yirpad ḩārūʦ ˊₐlēy-ţiyţ)

The point of this comparison could be that: (1) Leviathan spreads a trail through the mud the way a threshing sledge would leave a trail of separated grain on a threshing floor. Alternate translation: “it tears up the mud as it moves along, leaving a distinct trail as a threshing sledge does” (2) that Leviathan spreads itself out heavily in the mud. Alternate translation: “it spreads itself heavily, like a threshing sledge, upon the mud”