OET interlinear JOB 6:7

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

מֵאֲנָ֣ה & נַפְשִׁ֑⁠י

refuses & appetite,my

Job is using one part of himself, his soul, to mean all of him. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “I have refused”

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

לִ⁠נְגּ֣וֹעַ

to,touch

Job is leaving out some of the words that in many languages a sentence would need in order to be complete. You can supply these words from the context if that would be clearer in your language. Job is moving from quoting a proverb that uses food as an illustration to talking about his actual food. Alternate translation: “to touch food”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / idiom

לִ⁠נְגּ֣וֹעַ

to,touch

In this context, the word touch means “eat.” If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “to eat food”

Note 4 topic: writing-pronouns

הֵ֝֗מָּה

they(emph)

The pronoun they refers to the troubles that Job has been experiencing. It may be helpful to clarify this for your readers. Alternate translation: “my troubles”

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / simile

כִּ⁠דְוֵ֥י לַחְמִֽ⁠י

like,loathsome food,me

The point of this comparison is that just as disease can make a person feel too badly to eat, so Job’s troubles are making him feel too badly to eat. If it would be helpful in your language, you could make this point explicitly. Alternate translation: “are making me feel too badly to eat, as if I were sick”

Note 6 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

לַחְמִֽ⁠י

food,me

Job is referring to eating by association with the food that people eat. If it would be helpful in your language, you could use an equivalent expression or express the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “when I eat”