OET interlinear JOB 7:15

uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / synecdoche

וַ⁠תִּבְחַ֣ר & נַפְשִׁ֑⁠י

and,choose & inner_self,my

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

Note 2 topic: translate-unknown

מַחֲנָ֣ק

strangling

The term strangling describes killing a person by squeezing his throat and stopping his breathing. If your readers would not be familiar with this term, in your translation you could use a general expression. Alternate translation: “to stop breathing”

Note 3 topic: figures-of-speech / ellipsis

מָ֝֗וֶת מֵֽ⁠עַצְמוֹתָֽ⁠י

death rather_than,body,my

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. Alternate translation: “yes, my soul chooses death rather than my bones”

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metonymy

מָ֝֗וֶת מֵֽ⁠עַצְמוֹתָֽ⁠י

death rather_than,body,my

Job is using the term bones to mean life by association with the way people are supported by their bones as they live on earth. If it would be helpful in your language, you could state the meaning plainly. Alternate translation: “rather than life” or “rather than continuing to live on this earth”